«We aren't in the forest, there is no need for calling — / You know your jokes do not shine... / Why don't you come to lull into quiet / This wounded conscience of mine? You possess other worries / You have another wife / And, looking into my dry eyes, / St. Petersburg spring has arriv...»
«God is unkind to gardeners and reapers. / Slanted rain coils and falls from up high / And the wide raincoats catch water, / That once had reflected the sky. In underwater realm are fields and meadows / And the free currents sing a lot, / Plums rupture on bloated branches / And grass st...»
«All promised him to me: / The heaven's edge, dark and kind, / And lovely Christmas sleep / And multi-ringing Easter wind, And the red branches of a twig, / And waterfalls inside a park, / And two dragonflies / On rusty iron of a bulwark. And I could not disbelieve, / That he'll befri...»
«Every evening I receive / Letter like a bride / To my dear friend I give / Response late at night. "I'll be guest of the white death / On my journey down. / You, my tender one, don't do / Harm to anyone." And there stands a giant star / Between two wood beams, / With such calmness...»