To Friends lyrics
by Булат Окуджава (Bulat Okudzhava)
Come, and let us all
Be sisters and be brothers
And let us heed the call
To not fear one another
Come and find the spring
Blooming in each spirit
If you've a song to sing
Let everybody hear it
Come, and let us moan
In truthful lamentation
Together, or alone
Or both in alternation
Fear not the power of
Words of hateful feeling
For sorrow is to love
A neighbor in its healing
Let us comprehend
With words that are befitting
And let us make amends
For sins we've been committing
Come, and let us all
Live as one befriended
For truly, after all
This life will soon be ended