Константи́н Миха́йлович Си́монов 
28 ноября 1915, Петроград - 
28 августа 1979, Москва


Жди меня

Жди меня, и я вернусь.
Только очень жди,
Жди, когда наводят грусть
Желтые дожди,

Жди, когда снега метут,
Жди, когда жара,
Жди, когда других не ждут,
Позабыв вчера.

Жди, когда из дальних мест
Писем не придет,
Жди, когда уж надоест
Всем, кто вместе ждет.

Жди меня, и я вернусь,
Не желай добра
Всем, кто знает наизусть,
Что забыть пора.

Пусть поверят сын и мать
В то, что нет меня,
Пусть друзья устанут ждать,
Сядут у огня,

Выпьют горькое вино
На помин души...
Жди. И с ними заодно
Выпить не спеши.

Жди меня, и я вернусь,
Всем смертям назло.
Кто не ждал меня, тот пусть
Скажет: - Повезло.

Не понять, не ждавшим им,
Как среди огня
Ожиданием своим
Ты спасла меня.

Как я выжил, будем знать
Только мы с тобой, - 
Просто ты умела ждать,
Как никто другой.

Константин Симонов, 1941 

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Wait for me

Wait for me, and I'll be back,
Should you wait me strong.
Wait for me when sky is black
And the sun has gone,

Wait for me when it is cold,
And when it is hot,
Wait for me when others don't,
'Cause they just forgot.

Wait in case you don't receive
Letters from the front,
Wait, and I will outlive,
If you really want.

Wait for me, and I'll be back.
Don't you talk to those
Gluing me a dead man tag.
That's a wrong suppose.

Let my relatives believe
That I am the past,
Let my friends forget and give
Funeral repast.

They will drink a glass of wine
For the peace of soul...
You just wait and don't make time,
Do not raise the bowl.

Wait for me, and I'll be back,
Disregard the fate,
In the morning with my bag,
Should you only wait.

They will hardly understand,
How I could survive.
Waiting me from foreign land,
You have saved my life.

Let them say that it's too late.
What you feeling tells?
I'll be back, because you wait
Like nobody else.

Alexander Artemov

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Wait for me, I'l be back
Wait with all your strength
Wait when the rains of sorrow
Cover the skies.
Wait when snow is freezing,
Wait when the sun is burning.
Wait, when no one else is waiting any more,
Even if you forget the past, full of memories
Even if you don't hear from me
Even if you don't receive a single letter
Even when all others are tired of waiting
Wait for me, I'll be back.

Wait for me, I'll be back.
Let my friends, mother, son
Think that I'm dead,
When they are tired of waiting.
Let them lose all hope and drink
By the fire while talking of my memories
But you, never drink from that heart breaking wine
Wait for me with belief and patience.

Wait for me, I'll be back
Wait despite all the deaths you see.
Because your great patience
Will save me from our enemies.
Wait for me when the sun is burning,
Wait when the snow is falling.
Only you and I, only two of us
Will know that we are immortal.
Only we will know this secret that no one else knows.
That you've been waiting for me
When no one else does.

Fatih Akgul

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Wait for me, and I`ll come back,
Wait and I`ll come.
Wait through autumn`s yellow rains
And its tedium.
Steel your heart and do not grieve,
Wait through winter`s hase,
Wait through wind and raging storm,
Wait through summer`s blaze.
Wait when others wait no more,
When my letters stop,
Wait with hope that never wanes,
Wait and don`t give up.

Wait for me and I`ll come back,
Patience, dear one, learn.
Turn away from those who say
That I`ll not return.
Let my son and mother weep
Tears of sorrow, let
Friends insist that it is time,
That you must forget.
Do not listen to their kind
Words of sympathy,
Do not join them if they drink
To my memory.

Wait for me. Let those who don`t -
Once I`m back with you -
Let them say that it was luck
That had seen us through.
You and I alone will know
That I safely came,
Spiting every kind of death,
Through that lethal flame,
Just because you learned to wait
Staunchly, stubbornly,
And like no one else on earth
Waited, love, for me. 

Автора этого перевода я, к сожалению, не знаю  @  
http://lyrik.rc-mir.com/gedicht153401.html

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Wait for me. And I'll be back. 
But you wait a lot. 
Wait, when clouds are all black, 
And your mood is low. 
Wait, when snowing. Anyway, 
Wait, when sun is hot. 
Wait, when other's tired to wait, 
And they starts forgot. 
Wait, when from the far away 
You could'nt get a card. 
When all tired. You just wait. 
You believe, my heart. 

Wait for me, and I'll be back. 
Wish right way to hell 
Any talking, that you make 
Forgetting as well. 
Let to son and mom believe, 
That I'm lost at last. 
Let to friends, when hope is leave, 
Drink for me a glass. 
Get together, light a fire, 
Sit in close ring... 
You just wait. And you so far 
Don't be hurry drink. 

Wait for me. And I'll be back. 
Any death despite. 
Anybody can to talk: 
Lucky man, that's right. 
They just could not understand, 
But from fire and mess 
You, just waits for happy end, 
Saved me, I guess. 
How was I can survive, 
You and me just get. 
You just waited me, my love, 
Like nobody yet.

Мамай_07, 3 апр. 2008 09:51  @
http://lyrik.rc-mir.com/gedicht153401.html
 
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Wait for me, and I'll be back.
You just have to wait.
Wait for me, when you feel sad,
Watching autumn rain.
Wait for me, if there is snow,
Wait, if there is heat.
Wait for me, when others don't,
Forgetting things we did.
Wait for me, when there are no
Letters, I sent you.
Wait for me, when you are tired,
Hoping dreams come true.

Wait for me, and I'll be back.
Do not trust the men
That will tell you, to forget
Who or where I am.
Let my mother and my son
Think of me no more.
Let my dear and faithful friends
Drink the wine of gore.
They will drink it, on my grave,
So my soul can rest.
Wait. And do not drink with them,
For you still have faith.

Wait for me, and I'll be back,
In spite of all the deaths.
All of them, who did not wait,
Will say that luck's the case.
And they can't imagine that,
Through the blazing flame
I was carried without harm
By your faithful name.
Only we will know the truth,
Of how did I survive.
Only you had faith for me
And you have saved my life.

Роберто 2002  @
http://www.proza.ru/2002/04/15-21

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Wait for me and I'll return,
Only please, do wait.
Wait when yellow autumn storm
Takes your joy away.
Wait while snow downfall,
Wait while summer heat.
Wait when no one at all
Was waiting, as you did. 
Wait when letter faraway
Wouldn't come to you.
Wait when everybody fail
Wait together, true.

Wait for me and I'll return.
Don't be kind for those,
Who are violent to recall
That you need to lose. 
Let believe both mother, son
That I ever passed.
Let the friends sit fire round,
Tired wait at last,
Let them drink the cup of wine
For the sake of soul. 
Wait, but don't haste to join
Company although.

Wait for me and I'll return,
All the deaths despite.
Who'd not waited, then they'll talk -
That's the only luck. 
Never they'll accept the thought,
Showing wait in vain,
That amongst the fire onslaught 
You my life had saved.
And survival will be your's
Merit - know that -
You did really wait me so -
No one could  wait.

Людмила31, 2010  @
http://www.stihi.ru/2010/04/17/5746

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Wait for me, and I`ll be back.
Only you do wait!
When it`s raining night and day
So yellow and sad.

Wait for me when it is snowy,
Or in summer heat.
Wait when all the others don`t,
Hopeless to meet.

Wait when news from far away
You do not receive...
Go on waiting night and day
And in me believe!

Wait for me, and I`ll be back.
Don`t listen to
Those who say, no use to wait,
I won`t be back to you.

Let my mother and son resign
With the fact I died.
Let my friends sit by the fire,
Of their waiting tired.

Drinking a bottle of bitter wine
To pray for my poor soul...
Go on waiting and never join 
Them also thinking so.

Wait for me, and I`ll be back
Through the deadly fire.
Those who did not wait may say,
So lucky I`m.

Can they ever understand,
That amidst the fire
Owing to your faithful waiting
Could I stay alive!

Only you and I will know
Why I have survived.
Just for you`d been waiting so,
As to save my life.

Надежда Радченко

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To Valentina Serova

Wait for me, and I'll come back!
Wait with all you've got!
Wait, when dreary yellow rains
Tell you, you should not.
Wait when snow is falling fast,
Wait when summer's hot,
Wait when yesterdays are past,
Others are forgot.
Wait, when from that far-off place,
Letters don't arrive.
Wait, when those with whom you wait
Doubt if I'm alive.

Wait for me, and I'll come back!
Wait in patience yet
When they tell you off by heart
That you should forget.
Even when my dearest ones
Say that I am lost,
Even when my friends give up,
Sit and count the cost,
Drink a glass of bitter wine
To the fallen friend -
Wait! And do not drink with them!
Wait until the end!

Wait for me and I'll come back,
Dodging every fate!
"What a bit of luck!" they'll say,
Those that would not wait.
They will never understand
How amidst the strife,
By your waiting for me, dear,
You had saved my life.
Only you and I will know
How you got me through.
Simply - you knew how to wait -
No one else but you.

Mike Munford

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Wait for me and I'll be back,   
Wait just very much,                   
When the skies, of clouds black, 
Cause a bitter grudge, 

Wait, at sunrise and sunset, 
When 'tis cold or warm,  
Wait, when others will forget,  
Hoping no more. 

Wait, if not a single word 
Comes for many years, 
When all others will be bored  
With their hopes and tears.  

Even, if my mom and dad 
For my soul will pray   
In belief that I am dead,  
You just stay away. 

When my friends will drink rough wine,
Sing a sorrow song 
To remember me, just wait,  
Do not go along.  

Wait for me and I'll be back 
In spite of Death herself. 
Let them say, "Oh, what a luck!" 
What else could they say,

Being unable to understand,  
However hard they tried,   
That you were just waiting and 
Therefore I survived.  

Not a luck, it was my fate,  
Poetry, not prose, 
You just knew how to wait, 
Like nobody knows.  

VG, 6 декабря 2012