Нежность [Nezhnost'] [English translation]

Earth is empty without you.

How can I live just a few hours?

Leaves are falling in the same gardens,

And taxis are still speeding somewhere.

But it feels empty on Earth without you.

And you - you are flying there

And the stars are giving you

Their tenderness.

It was just as empty on Earth

When Saint-Exupéry 1 was flying.

Leaves were falling in the same gardens,

And Earth couldn't think of the way

To live without him while he was flying,

And all the stars were giving him

Their tenderness.

Earth is empty without you.

Come back sooner if you can.

1. A French pilot and author best known for his famous novella "The Little Prince"