Gagarin's Constellations

The first road through the universe was paved

We flew beyond blue expanses in victorious stride

Through the longest and most arduous path ever made

The daring call of restless youth’s pride

The constellations shone in brilliant light

In Gagarin’s spring-awakened dawn

And the flight continues in its might

Through the people’s immortal labor carried on

For a hundred centuries such a dream was sought

And ours the first to fulfill humankind’s desire

That soaring comet’s furious ascent dearly bought

Clove across frozen stars with pioneering fire

May it live in days of hope and distress

And guide the new sunrise with resplendent blaze

The vanguard of thousands along the course of progress

Our common man who mastered celestial ways

And as the engines ignite and the rockets rise

The first word of the future towards the sky

“Let’s go!”