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The title of the song is "A star fell onto my hand"

Translation of lyrics:

A star fell onto my hand;
I asked her, "where are you from?"

"Let me rest for a little while," she said,
"I was falling down from such a great height."
And then she added, sparkling, in a tone like a small bell ringing,
"Don't mind the fact that I'm not big,
There are many things I'm capable of doing.
You must only recollect what is the most important thing for you in the world--
I can fulfill your wish; that is what I do all the time."

"I know what I need--I don't need too long to remember it;
I wish to love and be loved;
I wish my mother to remain in good health.
I wish it to be so on our sorrowful planet
Only stars would fall from the skies;
I wish everyone to be trusting, like children,
And for everyone to love rain, flowers, and forests.

I wish for the grass to be mown with scythes, as it was in the olden days,
For people to fly to the Moon every day,
For men to be chivalrous towards women,
And for the illnesses and wars not to exist.

For friendship to never be a burden,
For fidelity never to be onerous,
For old age not to fall onto my heart
As a heavy weight, but rather as wisdom.

And I wish to quietly sing this song next to a campfire, scented through with smoke
And what's more, I wish to be loved
And I wish my mother to remain in good health."

I had been speaking for a long while, but in vain,
I had spent too long of a time speaking;
And without answering me, the star winked out;
It didn't have much strength to begin with.

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