A girlie under the sun...

­Поэтический перевод произведения «На свете девчонка...»
автор исходника на русском языке – [Татьяна Нистюк]

Beforetime a girlie lived under the sun,
A bantling she was, an ingenuous one.
She frowned at her mother, demanding to say,
“Reveal to me, Mommy, what love is today?”

Mom needed to answer the daughter’s affairs.
But how?—She’s too little and wet behind ears.
She stopped this affair from being a pain,
The love to her daughter so far to explain.

And Mother replied, "Go to play. Keep it low...
You’ll grow and catch on... But now I have to go."
The little one took at her mom no offence,
And off to her girlfriends, she flew out from thence.

And time did pass quickly; the girl’s womaned up.
She met her true love; set a family stop.
In earthly concerns, midst the worries and storm,
She struggled to answer the question of long.

What for in the world is love urgently sought?
Along with the loved one, the evil won’t hurt…
And living is hard with no kin and no youths…
So, what’s more important of those very truths?

The life for some folks may so burdensome turn,
When fires of love in the heart do not burn.
So, how can someone with no kids ever live,
To sonnies and girlies no love ever give?

A lot of events hit girl’s challenging ways:
Both moments of luck and some dreary days.
The sunshine was there, and winds swept along...
The lifetime came singing her autumnal song.

Though Mom didn’t answer the girl as she should,
The girl, by herself, long ago understood.
The answer to questions is easy as cake:
It serves for her peace and for surety‘s sake.

To live is to love... and...to love is to live...
The care and spare to family give.
And that is all true—not a lie, not a fraud.
This law is from Nature and given by God!