The real thing
And I'm gaining strength in the village,
I feel my roots
Everything there is sweet to my eyes
There is silence, peace, harmony.
Birds are chirping there, just like in the forest
And the daisy blooms, as in the field,
Swallows build a nest in a stream.
Everything there is real! it comes from God!
Whole milk, not powdered milk
And cottage cheese according to grandmother's recipe,
They can eat strawberries from a row
And it is not scary to give them to the granddaughter.
Real feelings there. Although work
There both in the morning and in the evening, always.
But it is not difficult to work with love.
And the harvest in the soul will be real.
(V. Davydova 2020)