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| Theater actors and a SVO soldier read Simonov's poem for May 9 |
| 2026-05-10 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] On Victory Day, Moscow theater actors and a participant in a special military operation recited Konstantin Simonov's poem "Wait for Me, and I'll Return...," the Mosbilet press service reported. Konstantin Simonov wrote “Wait for Me” during the most turbulent months of 1941 and dedicated it to theater and film actress Valentina Serova. The work became one of the symbols of the Great Patriotic War. The poem was copied by hand, sent from the front, or memorized. Actors such as Andrei Sokolov, Sergei Gorodnichy, Yuri Vasiliev, Dmitry Mukhamadeev, Nikita Khudyakov, Tatyana Babenkova, and many others took part in the project. A participant in the special military operation also recited lines from the poem. Wait for me Wait for me and I'll come back! Wait with all your might! Wait when dreary yellow rains Tell you nothing's right; Wait when snow is falling fast; Wait when summer's hot; When no one waits for other men And all the past's forgot! Wait when those that wait with you Are bored and tired and glum, And when it seems, from far away, No letters ever come! Wait for me and I'll come back! Wait in patience yet When they tell you off by heart That you should forget; And when my mother and my son Give up on me at last And friends sit sadly round the fire And talk about the past And drink a bitter glass of wine In memory of me – Wait! No rush to drink with them! Tell them to wait and see! Wait for me and I'll come back, Escaping every fate! ‘Just a lot of luck!’ they'll say, Those that didn't wait. They will never understand How, amidst the strife, By your waiting for me, dear, You had saved my life! Only you and I will know How you got me through! Simply – you knew how to wait! No one else but you! 1941 |
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