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[Куплет 1] I kept your letter in the kitchen drawer Beside the matches and the worn-out string The paper bends where i have read it most Your careful words still hold their quiet weight [Алдынғы қайырма] Across the water, seasons lose their names I count the miles by what i cannot say [Қайырма] If you remember this small room The wooden chair, the afternoon Then leave a little kindness there For the two of us who disappeared [Куплет 2] The old blue cup has gathered little cracks I use it still, though one side will not hold Your winter coat is waiting by the door As if the cold might bring you home again [Алдынғы қайырма] Some things grow tender when they are apart A distant voice can find the quiet heart [Қайырма] If you remember this small room The wooden chair, the afternoon Then leave a little kindness there For the two of us who disappeared [Көпір] I won't pretend the road was kind Or say the leaving changed no one But when the morning touches mine I feel a thread not fully gone [Қайырма] If you remember this small room The wooden chair, the afternoon Then leave a little kindness there For the two of us who disappeared [Аутро] A little kindness there A little kindness there
