Afanasy Fet

• Babochka (Butterfly), by U. R. Bowie
  Look now: one bright flit in the air / And I flaunt my precious bling. / All of this velvet with its flicker-flair / Is only a wing, plus a wing...
• Butterfly, by Alexander Pokidov
  Yes, right you are! Alone for outlines airy / I am so fine. / All velvet mine with all its twinkle merry— / Two wings of mine. O, never ask me,...
• The Butterfly, by Kristin Camitta Zimet
  Yes, I am charming. / This phantom shape, / this velvet shimmer — / merely two wings. Where do I come from? / Where am I off to? / Here on ...

in german

Afanassi Fet (deutsch)

• Der Schmetterling, Eric Boerner
  Hast recht! Als eine luftge Flatterlinie /         Bin ich so lieblich. / Mein Atlaskleid, so lebend und beweglich, /         Sind nur zwei Flüg...