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Мне нравится что вы больны не мной (Из к/ф "Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!")

I Like That You Are Not Sick With Me (From the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!")

Мне нравится, что Вы больны не мной,

I like that you are not sick with me,

Мне нравится, что я больна не Вами,

I like that I am not sick with you,

Что никогда тяжелый шар земной

That never the heavy earthly sphere

Не уплывет под нашими ногами.

Will float away beneath our feet.

Мне нравится, что можно быть смешной,

I like that I can be funny,

Распущенной - и не играть словами,

Unrestrained - and not play with words,

И не краснеть удушливой волной

And not blush with a suffocating wave

Слегка соприкоснувшись рукавами.

Lightly touching sleeves.

Спасибо Вам и сердцем и рукой,

Thank you with both heart and hand,

За то, что Вы меня, не зная сами,

For the fact that you, unknowingly,

Так любите: За мой ночной покой,

Love me so: For my night's peace,

За редкость встреч закатными часами,

For the rarity of meetings at sunset hours,

За наше не-гулянье под луной,

For our non-walks under the moon,

За солнце не у нас над головами,

For the sun not above our heads,

За то, что Вы - увы! - больны не мной.

For the fact that you - alas! - are not sick with me.

За то, что я - увы! - больна не Вами...

For the fact that I - alas! - am not sick with you...

From the soundtrack, season 1 episode 1

"I like that you are not in love with me, and that I am not in love with you."

The poem, written by Marina Tsvetaeva in 1915, is famous because it keeps denying love while secretly revealing it. Literary critics often describe it as paradoxical or even "anti-love poetry."

"I appreciate that we can be around each other without losing ourselves.

Throughout the poem she keeps saying she is glad they are not "sick" with love for each other, but then finishes with an almost ironic regret that suggests the feelings may actually be there after all

That's why the song feels so haunting. It's not a song about getting the person. It's about standing right next to someone, loving them quietly, and accepting that life may never bring you together

"I'm grateful we are not consumed by each other"

If Star City is doing what it seems to be doing the song can work on several levels at once

The personal level

For the characters, the song can be about sacrifice

Many homeland stories, especially those involving science, military service, and the space program, involve people choosing duty over personal happiness

The song becomes:

"We care about each other, but history, politics, ambition, and circumstance stand between us."

A love story interrupted by reality.

The national level

The speaker in the poem loves something while simultaneously acknowledging its limitations

"I love the homeland despite its flaws."

The East-West mirror

The United States of America story often focuses on freedoms and opportunities, yet women, minorities, LGBTQ people, and many others faced major barriers there as well

The homeland often highlights collective achievement and opportunity for women in science, while also hiding surveillance, censorship, and political control

Americans watching Soviet characters realize the Soviets were human.

Two people close enough to touch sleeves, separated by something enormous

Why the song feels perfect for space

"The heavy sphere of the Earth will never slip away beneath our feet."

The poem is about earthly gravity, about staying grounded rather than being swept away by passion

Everyone is trying to leave Earth, everyone is chasing the stars, and ignoring the connections around, each other

A great example of Russian literature. A love poem that somehow ends up being about history, suffering, destiny, and the human condition1