«A ray of light slants through the windows; / The massive house stands in the dark. / Hotly the fire, glittering / In its stone casing, reaches out. / Splendidly the kitchen blazes. / Today, like golden cart horses, / Ripening purposefully there — / Women, loaves, and pies. / One pi...»
«Hoisting the tuba, like a golden / Load, onto his back, / He tramped, resentful of his lot. / Two others followed in his track. / One, hugging the shadow of a violin, / A hunchback and a vagabond, / Scraped away the whole day long, / Like a sweaty armpit wept, / The second, a past ma...»
«Funfair, henhouse of pleasure, / Barn of beguiling life, / Holiday trough of passion, / Fiery furnace of existence! / Here, spiked Red Army helmets / Drift by in a pensive stream, / With them ladies of the world, / Untroubled by the city’s din! / Here pleasure crooks its finger, / ...»
«The circus shines, like a shield, / Finger trills, moodily Pipes, unites folk! / Gentle, small-faced, a girl, / Spanish-looking, with flowers in her hair, / Radiant as an angel, whirls, / Waltzes a Cossack dance. / Like a white seabird / She stands in the thick smoke, / Then, her gui...»