A Child's Wish

 Анна Окель

I want to live and not to die,
I want to laugh and not to cry,
I want to feel the summer sun.
I want to sing when life is fun.


I want to fly into the blue,
I want to swim as fish can do.
I want to shake all friendly hands
Of all the young of other lands.
I
 want to work for what is right.
I want to love and not to fight,
I want to laugh and not to cry,
I want to live and not to die.