Thank You for Everything

I thank you all -
Those who once turned away,
Who did not reach a hand in my hardest hour.
In the shadow of loss I learned to rise,
To cherish love and the warmth of a soul.

I thank you for having known
Fear and pain, the bitterness of longing.
I fell - yet rose again, and learned to soar
On wings I grew in spite of everything.

I thank you for sharp words and hasty judgment,
For silent looks filled with unspoken blame.
I hold no grudges - sincerely.
There is no anger in me, only experience.

Without those harsh and bitter revelations,
Would I have known the true worth of kindness?
Time erases memories -
And the moment came to let you go.

False friends, whose masks fell all at once,
Who left without extending a hand -
you showed me we don’t live in fairy tales,
That loyalty and devotion are rare.

Now it is lighter - in the absence of some,
There are no more salty tears.
Those who remained are the closest of all,
Who can endure the blow and share success with me.

Fate, I thank you for your severe lessons,
For bitter trials - I thank you for them all.
Your roads are hard, O life,
And how many still lie ahead!

But most of all, I thank those
Who held me above the abyss through darkest moments.
Without you, this world would surely have grown dim.
From the bottom of my heart,
I wish you every blessing on your life’s path.

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Here's a link to the song:

https://disk.yandex.ru/d/b_hesqIiE3QMrA

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Russian original lyrics - via the following link:

http://stihi.ru/2025/12/18/3409