I am your extended wife...
I am your extended wife.
You also have a wife — immediate.
I am needed in your life.
I commiserate completely.
I know your child holds you back.
With you arms around me wound,
You are staring at the clock —
I won’t even make a sound.
In God’s name, do not stand still...
You were meant to be together.
My extended sister will
Make your bed, it’s for the better.
On the train, I’ll flee from love,
Jealousy will drive me crazy!
Staring at your photograph,
I’ll make sure to bring a razor.
Я — двоюродная жена.
У тебя - жена родная!
Я сейчас тебе нужна.
Я тебя не осуждаю.
У тебя и сын и сад.
Ты, обняв меня за шею,
поглядишь на циферблат —
даже пикнуть не посмею.
Поезжай ради Христа,
где вы снятые в обнимку.
Двоюродная сестра,
застели ему простынку!
Я от жалости забьюсь.
Я куплю билет на поезд.
В фотографию вопьюсь.
И запрячу бритву в пояс.
«We saw death at rather close range, / and perhaps we could have died ourselves, / we walked wherever it was possible to walk, / and looked at everything that one could look at. / We climbed into trenches / drenched with the smell of creosote / and “sake” spilt on the sand, / where ...»
«To A. Surkov Remember, Alyosha, the roads of Smolensk, / The cruel, the endlessly falling rain, / The tired women bringing us earthenware vessels, / And hugging them, like children, from the rain, How they wiped their eyes, stealthily, / And whispered on parting: “May God protect you! / ...»
«On an accordion which had seen plenty, / Moving his fingers over husky keys, / In an unfamiliar car the blind man played / The song “Along the Highway.”1 Blinded near Molodechno, / Back in that other, different war, / Straight from the clinic, he had set out, crippled, / His eyes sh...»
«Wait for me, and I’ll come back, / But wait with all your might, / Wait when dreariness descends / With the yellow rains, / Wait when snowdrifts sweep the ground, / Wait during the heat, / Wait when others are given up / And together with the past forgotten. / Wait when from distan...»