Bulat Okudzhava
- Again Hope and I met each other..., by Evgenia Sarkisyants
- Again I’ve encountered Hope..., by Alec Vagapov
«"Oh, yes, love is free as a bird," / But all the same I am yours! / And all the same I will dream / Of your figure, all aflame! The ravening strength of your fine hands, / Your eyes saddened by betrayal / Are all the madness of my vain passion, / Are all my nights, Carmen! Of you I wil...»
«All valor I forgot and noble deeds / And glory on this grief-filled earth, / While in a simple frame your face / Glowed before me on the desk. The hour arrived, you left the house. / I flung the cherished ring into the night. / You pledged yourself to someone else, / And I forgot your l...»
«Oh, how desperately I want to live: / Immortalize the real, / Personify thefaceless, / Give flesh to the nonexistent! Life's crushing dream may smother me / I may suffocate as I dream, - / And yet a lighthearted youth, perhaps / Will say of me in times to come: Let us forgive his gloo...»
«And with longing and love you will shake off / The heavy dream of everyday consciousness. / V. Soloviev I apprehend You. The years pass by - / Yet in constant form, I apprehend You. The whole horizon is aflame - impossibly sharp, / And mute, I wait, - with longing and with love. The whole...»