A brief moment rules a smart,
A fool knows all from reading.
Smart and fool are always apart,
Smart is weight, and fool is clothing!
Умным правит краткий миг
глупый знает все из книг
Умный глупому не пара
Умный груз, а глупый тара.
«The street I walked was unfamiliar, / Suddenly I heard crows caw, / And a lute clink, and distant thunder, — / In front of me a tram flew. How I leaped up on its rail / Puzzled me a great deal, / For in the air, its fiery trail / Persisted through the light of day. It tore off like a...»
«A strange street, then crows / croaking, then the sound of a lute / and thunder crawling slow / from a distance — then a tram at my feet And I leaped, somehow, and the railing / held, and I stood, dazed, / stupidly watching a trail / of fire streaking like sunrays. Rushing like a sto...»
«I was walking down an unfamiliar street, / and suddenly I heard the caws of crows, / and distant thunder, and a ringing lute: / a tram flew by, before my eyes. Just how I ran onto its running board / remains a mystery. / The tail it trailed, even in daylight, / was firebird-fiery. It r...»
«While walking down a strange street / I suddenly heard the cawing of crows, / Distant thunder, and the tones of a lute — / Here came a streetcar flying past. How I managed to leap to its step / Is beyond me — even in the bright / Daylight it spewed behind itself / In the atmosphere ...»