ЛетимLetim

Let’s Fly

Somewhere very far away — so far it’s within arm’s reach — moonlit water dozes at the foot of ancient mountains.

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This is the first song written on Suno 3. As I remember it, we were on a “visa run” in Trebinje, I tried a couple of generations, and after Suno 2 my mind was simply BLOWN. And then the hills and mountains of Herzegovina filled the picture in and came out as the lyrics. That was well before the “release” date — somewhere around February 2024 — but then, as with CrossroadsCrossroads, I kept rewriting the words and redoing the ending.

Lyrics

The translation is a crib, not a singing version.

Где-то очень далеко
Gde-to ochenʼ daleko
Так, что хоть рукой подать
Tak, chto khotʼ rukoy podatʼ
У подножья древних гор
U podnozhʼya drevnikh gor
Дремлет лунная вода
Dremlet lunnaya voda
И под пение цикад
I pod peniye tsikad
Можно в тишине ночной
Mozhno v tishine nochnoy
Наблюдать, как звездопад
Nablyudatʼ, kak zvezdopad
Падает в твою ладонь
Padayet v tvoyu ladonʼ
Летим со мной
Letim so mnoy
Я буду за руку тебя держать.
Ya budu za ruku tebya derzhatʼ.
Вслед за луной
Vsled za lunoy
Рассекая звёздную гладь
Rassekaya zvyozdnuyu gladʼ
Летим туда
Letim tuda
И пока мы с тобой вдвоём
I poka my s toboy vdvoyom
Мы никогда не упадём
My nikogda ne upadyom
Пролетая над спящими долинами,
Proletaya nad spyashchimi dolinami,
За арабской вязью сонных рек
Za arabskoy vyazʼyu sonnykh rek
Унесёмся тропами орлиными
Unesyomsya tropami orlinymi
На верхушки гор, где вечный снег
Na verkhushki gor, gde vechny sneg
Ждёт только нас
Zhdyot tolʼko nas
Летим со мной
Letim so mnoy
Я буду за руку тебя держать
Ya budu za ruku tebya derzhatʼ
Вслед за луной
Vsled za lunoy
Рассекая звёздную гладь
Rassekaya zvyozdnuyu gladʼ
Летим туда
Letim tuda
И пока мы с тобой вдвоём
I poka my s toboy vdvoyom
Мы никогда не упадём
My nikogda ne upadyom
Somewhere very far away
So far it’s within arm’s reach
At the foot of ancient mountains
Moonlit water dozes
And to the singing of cicadas
You can, in the quiet of the night
Watch the falling stars
Drop into your open palm
Fly with me
I’ll hold you by the hand.
Following the moon
Cutting through the starry water
Fly with me there
And while the two of us are together
We will never fall
Flying over sleeping valleys
Past the Arabic script of drowsy rivers
We’ll be carried off on eagle paths
To the mountain tops, where the eternal snow
Is waiting only for us
Fly with me
I’ll hold you by the hand
Following the moon
Cutting through the starry water
Fly with me there
And while the two of us are together
We will never fall

Music and lyrics: Vova Zakharov