«One still within his lot of years, / O my fate, O sacred one! / I am no wolf, no murderer, / And I honor you, the faithful guardian. Your face has furrowed features but / Your mind’s not dull to the whirl of life. / You, Laërtes, father, I salute, / Ruminative in your homeland’s st...»
«尚且还有一个远古的职责, / 我的命运,仍然珍贵神圣! / 我不是杀人犯,不是恶狼, / 我是荣誉忠贞不渝的守护者。 在脸上长满皱纹的恶鬼, / 没有在心中驱走生活的旋风。 / 在你寂静的故土上, / 拉厄耳忒斯,我...»
«"There lived on earth a humble knight…"1 / / This little book a poet / Gave me in the corridors / Of Gosizdat.2 / The book is torn and tattered, / The poet long since dead. It was said that in his visage / There was something of a bird / And of Egypt-so they said. / He had a be...»
«If I walk the noisy streets, / Or enter a many thronged church, / Or sit among the wild young generation, / I give way to my thoughts. I say to myself: the years are fleeting, / And however many there seem to be, / We must all go under the eternal vault, / And someone's hour is already ...»