«An autumn has at its beginning / A short and nonetheless amazing time: / Days kind of crystal-clear being / Delightful eves are full of shine… The former field of ears is laid bare / And emptiness provides expanse for eyes, / Just of a cobweb a thin hair / On an idle furrow g...»
«The last adieu. Brief ecstasy and wonder, / A blink in time when life held you to me! / I'll not succumb to words of Love, prithee, / In spells and scents of Love will not meander. Possessed the world — and suddenly lost all. / My dream began and then like fancy vanished! / And awkwa...»
«A star was lighted up, arised a breeze, / Across the cliffs of Dagestan the bright day ran, / And everyone prayed looking to the East. / Tatars repeated verses of Koran, The slaves of Christ did their sacred ritual, / Kalmyks appealed to Llama in the silence, / And alien to all a...»
«The crimson light of dawn / is weaving itself onto the lake. / The weeping woodcocks / are making the pine woods ring. There orioles are crying / hidden in some hollow tree. / I’m the only one who’s not weeping. / In my soul it’s light. Down the road toward evening / I know yo...»