Do not elude — I will not sue
For your heart pain, nor secret worrying,
I want to plunge myself in mourning
And to repeat that I love you.
It is suffice for me to fly
To you like waves run by the water —
To kiss cold granite I have gotten,
To kiss and after that to die.
Не избегай; я не молю
Ни слез, ни сердца тайной боли,
Своей тоске хочу я воли; —
И повторять тебе: люблю.
Хочу нестись к тебе, лететь,
Как волны по равнине водной,
Поцеловать гранит холодной,
Поцеловать и умереть.
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