So here’s what: Life’s beautiful, comrades, It’s striking and marvelous, And it’s very short - that’s the most significant thing. In the film, This wasn’t stated openly - You might haven’t gotten sight of And think that the most significant thing wasn’t shown there. Maybe, It really wasn’t shown there - There was but a striving, Therefore, It’ll be shown to you At some other time. And here’s what: One shouldn’t count another Unknown, men are brothers, Companions and friends - that’s the most significant thing. Labor should Ennoble and raise us, But labor can make us The genuine men - that’s the most significant thing. Frankly, This matter wasn’t shown there - There was but a striving, Therefore, It’ll be shown to you At some other time. Our Earth is The cradle of mankind, But not ever shall we Stay in, long ago Tsiolkovsky said that. Very soon Even those stars which now we With our scopes can’t make out Will be our own ones - that’s the most significant thing. Really, This wasn’t stated openly - There was but a striving, Therefore, It’ll be shown to you At some other time.
© Akbar Muhammad. Translation, 2009
(akbarmuhammad.awardspace.co.uk)