[Verse 1]
[Male child voice, soft, narrative]
October fifth, golden leaves,
Silence rings in the corridors.
We stand at the threshold, barely timid,
Life begins, like spring.
We didn't know roads, we didn't know worries,
Only mother's palm at the shoulder.
The threshold is crossed, the first step is taken,
The candle of hope has lit up.
[Pre-Chorus]
[Music swells slightly, piano enters]
(Voices join)
[Chorus]
[Full children's choir, bright, harmonized]
How do we start life now?
School will not pass us by.
These walls will gather us all,
At our appointed hour.
We just need to grow up a bit,
Step out into the world from behind the desks,
First teacher, forgive us,
That we didn't value the start.
[Verse 2]
[Male child voice, a bit more confident]
Chalk in hand, on the board — the first hard sum,
Letters line up into even speech.
You opened this fairy tale world for us,
Tried to save us from trouble.
We counted the hours, we wanted to the yard,
Ran away from boring tasks.
But through time and noise, your calm reproach
Was for us an example...
[Chorus]
[Full children's choir, more energy]
How do we start life now?
School will not pass us by.
These walls will gather us all,
At our appointed hour.
We just need to grow up a bit,
Step out into the world from behind the desks,
First teacher, forgive us,
That we didn't value the start.
[Bridge]
[Music becomes softer, slower, bells or music box]
[Children voices, spoken or whispered, overlapping]
Years are rushing, and we have already become big,
Someone has a family, new cities.
But we remember everything you taught us,
So that this light never goes out.
[Chorus]
[Choir returns, powerful but still innocent]
How do we start life now?
School will not pass us by.
These walls will gather us all,
At our appointed hour.
[Outro]
[Single child voice, spoken, very close to the microphone]
First teacher, who gives us a start in life...
Thank you for everything.
[Single piano note fades out]
