Linger On For Ever

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Linger On For Ever

Original lyrics: https://www.levleshenko.ru/lev-leshhenko-zaderzhis-navsegda/

Literal translation:

All the best things come to us unexpectedly,
Not bidden to come [to stay] as guests
And we long despairingly to retain them
But that, alas, is not given to us.

CHORUS:
Linger/delay, linger forever
Star that is falling even now.
Linger, forever linger,
Unique/unrepeatable life of ours

How we want to loved and be beloved
To hope for miracles again and again
And to know that all that is bad cannot linger on
But love will hold out/endure forever.

(CHORUS)

When we love, there is no old age
Life, do not wound/offend us with lovelessness!
And even if happiness does not fall to our lot
Is it so little simply to love life [itself]?

(CHORUS)

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Verse translation:

The best things come upon us unexpectedly
As passing guests not bidden in to stay,
To hold them back with us we long despairingly
But that, alas, is not within our sway.

CHORUS:
Linger on, linger on evermore,
As you fall even now, shooting star!
Linger on, evermore linger on,
Life of ours without equal alone.

Oh, how we long to love and be beloved back,
For miracles to hope, and hope again,
To know that all our troubles cannot last for long
But love endures forever and a day:

(Linger on...)

When we're in love, old age does not exist for us --
Life, don't you scorn us with a lack of love!
And even if that gladness is not granted us,
Does simply loving life not count as much?

(Linger on...)