5 Études tableaux: Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf

It starts with a coincidence, an unavoidable scene
From far away I can see a spot of red, fleeing
Deep within the mysterious woods, I came upon a black shade
Feeling that this was the start of something, I ran away, afraid.
Our "meeting" was / only meant to come
To an end / And so I chose
Deliberately to take the longer way around
I want to meet you, or
I want to touch you, or
I want to talk to you but it's unthinkable, the
Delicate you and the
Dangerous me, our
Meeting has only one ending
It's unfair that
We are bound to this
cursed fate that will never change Ah,
Why did you have to be
Why did I have to be the
Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood
I'm sure that you will walk again, today, on this route
And like always I can't do anything except watch over you
Like everyday you are hiding, today, beyond that tree
So as I walk past I pretend that I don't see anything

My gaze / you'll never catch and
My voice / you'll never hear
Only our sighs will overlap with one another
I cannot meet you, and
I cannot touch you, and I
Cannot talk to you, but it is okay, the
Helpless you and the
Incompetent me, as
Long as we are here I'm happy
If this is not what
you would call love then
I do not see the need for words Ah,
no matter how much
I think about it, our
ending will always stay the same
I wanted to meet you
I wanted to touch you
I wanted to talk to you, honestly, to
me you are precious, I
promise I'm gentle but our
Meeting is tied to this ending
Just how many times?
Oh How many times
Have I prayed to God, but even still
Unfortunately, unfortunately We're
still the wolf and little red riding hood--
I wanted to comfort you
when you were crying, but the
Arm I reached out was trembling, though
Still I love you and I
want to hold you but I
know that I won't be able to
However I struggle
However I pray, my
claws and fangs won't go away
So let's just wait until your
Tears are gone
And I will be on my side of the tree
Always



Credits
Writer(s): Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alfred Mirovitch
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