“If Lyusya Kuznetsova were Alive…” or “Если бы Люся Кузнецова была бы живой”

If Lyusya Kuznetsova, our class mate from school, we’re alive,

she would go with us to celebrate today’s festive day of our native

town of Bryansk, the day of the liberation from the Nazi.

What a wonderful girl she was! I remember when our favourite

teacher Nina Nikolaevna recollected Lyusya, she told me how

she always found her from missing classes where? In the cinema theatre 

where she helped to the camera man to show the new films.

From the young age she demonstrated her determination  and love

to be an operator. 
But myself I remember her when we were chitchatting on our return from the

funerals of Nina Nikolaevna’s daughter. What a simple, down-to-earth conversation

was then between us! Later she gave as a present her photo in 2006. And her handwriting 

at the back of it. You can see it now.

We remember you, Lyusya, and all the rest people,

whom we love, and who is not with us anymore.

We never forget you.

That is why I am writing this post and finding the

music suitable for this moment to attract your attention.