Boris Pasternak

• If I had known what would come later..., by Cecil Maurice Bowra
  If I had known what would come later. / When first my stage career began. / The words will take to blood and slaughter. / Go for the throat and ...
• If only, when I made my début..., by Babette Deutsch
  If only, when I made my début, / There might have been a way to tell / That lines with blood in them can murder, / That they can flood the throa...
• O had I known that it ends like this..., by Edwin Morgan
  O had I known that it ends like this, / the day I sprang to my debut, / that lines and blood together kill. / Chokethroat, strike us through and...

in portuguese

Boris Pasternak (português)

• Ah, se eu antes soubera desta sina..., Haroldo de Campos, Boris Schnaiderman
  Ah, se eu antes soubera desta sina, / Quando me preparava para a estréia, / Que há morte nestas linhas, — assassinas!, / Como um golpe de sangue...