| For everyone who once went up,
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| All the ships burning in the plasma
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| There is an important and last of the stages -
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| The stage of touching the ground,
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| Where with a staff of blue rain
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| September will pass on zinc water,
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| Where the maples will lay their leaves
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| On a wet bench by the river.
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| We gradually came to know happiness,
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| Exploring among the night fields
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| With loved ones in the warm hayloft
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| The stage of touching the ground,
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| Where with a staff of blue rain
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| September will pass on zinc water.
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| Where the maples will lay their leaves
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| On a wet bench by the river.
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| Then women seemed to us a reward,
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| That exploits we saw in the distance,
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| And only over the years we have known joy
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| In the circle of the most ordinary earth,
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| Where with a staff of blue rain
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| September will pass on zinc water,
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| Where the maples will lay their leaves
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| On a wet bench by the river.
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| Someday, so windy at first,
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| The fire will go out in ashes.
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| God forbid we meet then without sadness
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| The stage of touching the ground,
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| Where with a staff of blue rain
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| September will pass on zinc water,
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| Where the maples will lay their leaves
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| On a wet bench by the river. |