…You want to know how this came to be? —
In the dining room, the clock struck three,
Holding the banister timidly,
While saying goodbye, she said listlessly:
“That is it… No, there is more, you see.
I love you. I loved you wholeheartedly
Even back then, no less!” —
“Yes”?!..
...Хочешь знать, как всё это было? —
Три в столовой пробило,
И, прощаясь, держась за перила,
Она словно с трудом говорила:
«Это всё… Ах нет, я забыла,
Я люблю вас, я вас любила
Ещё тогда!» —
«Да»?!…
«Although the ages wait in line, / After we’re gone, to blossom, / The world keeps dying every time, / With every single person.»
«I led a bandit out, to shoot her. / She didn’t beg, she didn’t plead — / Just glared at me with pride and anger. / Her pain was bad. She clenched her teeth. And then she said: “Now listen, fella, / You’re gonna shoot me anyway. / Before you lay me down forever, / Just let me l...»
«Who can forget the fatal forties, / The rampant firing of mortars, / The letters turning faces ashen / Their formal words "was killed in action"? It's cold. The sky is spreading out / Above the rumbling railroad, tired / Of moving east with endless crowds / Who lost their homes to bombs...»
«I fell asleep well after three; / The birds were waking in the tree, / The wood stood dark and deep. / And I was happy, young and free / And smiling in my sleep. The dew had fallen on the grass / My sleep was tight and sound / All over me — just shooting stars / And under me — the...»