For Sandra
Let us dance in the light, in the beginning of Summer,
and don’t ever turn back.
Come with me, Eurydice, where are we reeling to?
Don’t ask me how and why.
Whirling around we are weaving miracles,
we’re tumbling away into dreams,
spinning, spinning, Eurydice, come with me,
be confident, dissolve, be at home.
Don’t ask, Eurydice, where the music comes from:
It’s the music of summer and light.
Just listen and dance to the light-hearted song,
for its end is the start of the night.
Together we’ve been to hell and back,
we’ll stand up against any task.
There’s nothing we miss and nothing we lack,
so dont‘ ask; Eurydice, don’t ask.
And the dance is getting more intense,
savage and crazy;
hold on, Eurydice, for I think,
if we let go, we’ll break.
And I am hearing, Eurydice, another song:
a swan singing on the shore,
and I feel: I am near, I feel the attraction,
that pulls me towards drowning...
And I call you, Eurydice, I call you,
through the whirlwind of music,
To find out if everything I am living for
is in the depths of your eyes.
May we be condemned to fall
as soon as the music ends:
we are dancing, and the music’s whirling
is reflected in the fire of your eyes.
And never look away,
for that is the first step we take
out of the joyous circle
and closer to the song of the swan in the lake –
So dance in the circle, in the centre of light,
hold on, Eurydice, hold on,
and spin around, spin around, and don’t think of anything
but the dance, so it won’t leave us.
Let us dance in the light, in the beginning of Summer,
let us dance in the light forever!
Come with me, Eurydice, where are we reeling to?
Don’t ask, Eurydice – don’t ask.
Crystal 2001
Russian lyrics revised by Natalija Bayrak