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Friday 7 January 2022

Do you know - Helen Adamson

To you, who has fulfilled all my beautiful wishes,
I breathe slowly, because it doesn't feel real
this air around us, warmly touching your lips.
What am I feeling, what am I thinking, there is someone in my heart?
 
To you, who is the sun in every one of my days
my angel, moon and stars, the treasure-chest of my soul.
You're written into my heart like a poem,
it's hard to ever think of anything else when I'm standing next to you.
 
You know how bright blue eyes smile,
I've found my balance, standing next to you,
like a cat, who's found home after a long winter
or just a dream, catching your eye like a butterfly.
 
Do you know, do you know
how I love,
how I love you.
 
To you, because you are simply my greatest feeling
my biggest fortune in this world, biggest happiness
Like I've been wandering in an empty waterless desert my whole life,
Hard to feel, hard to think,
what carried me to you.
 
You're the most beautiful poem, written in pearls of dew,
the most plentiful feeling, written into my heart.
It seems like I've only been dreaming
how I live and breathe when you are with me.
 
The magic of your love is the most wondrous feeling
it improves my every small, happy day
Just improves my every wonderful day,
just improves my every happy day.
 
Do you know, do you know
how I love,
how I love you.
 
To you, because you are simply my greatest feeling,
my biggest fortune in this world, biggest happiness.
 
To you, who is the sun in every one of my days,
my angel, moon and stars, the treasure chest of happiness.
You're written into my heart like a poem,
it's hard to ever think of anything else when I'm standing next to you.
 
To you, because you are simply my greatest feeling,
my biggest fortune in this world, biggest happiness.
 
Do you know, do you know
how I love,
how I love you.
Do you know, do you know
how I love,
how I love you.

Helen Adamson (born 1984) Estonia
Translated by Kelly Talv

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