The winters sometimes go by names.
And Natalie was such a winter!
She was all mystery and glitter
And glowing azure, and haze.
Another one was called Elaine,
Then Catherine, Martha and Naomi
In wintertime it’s slow and gloomy —
I’d fall in love and go insane.
So passed the days like a snowfall;
Bejeweled by the morning manna
The winter dawned, her name was Anna.
She was the loveliest of all.
У зим бывают имена.
Одна из них звалась Наталья.
И было в ней мерцанье, тайна,
И холод, и голубизна.
Еленою звалась зима,
И Марфою, и Катериной.
И я порою зимней, длинной
Влюблялся и сходил с ума.
И были дни, и падал снег,
Как теплый пух зимы туманной.
А эту зиму звали Анной,
Она была прекрасней всех.
«Cleared the cornfield, bare the boughs are, / From still waters mist is rolling, / Like а wheel beyond the mountains / Has the silent sun gone bowling. Dozing is the cart track yonder. / In а daydream it is thinking / One won't have to wait much longer / For the coming of grey winter....»
«Through virgin snow I roam, / Fresh lilies fill my heart. / The dusk, to guide me home, / Has lit а candle-star. Light? Dark? I cannot say. / Was that the breeze? А cock? / Has winter come? Or maybe / Swans in the meadows flock? How smooth the snow, how white! / Frost tingling warm...»
«The moon is the tongue / In the bell of the sky. / The homeland's my mother, / А Bolshevik am I. Hail the universal / Brotherhood of man! / That's why with my verse / For your death I give thanks. Strong, tough and healthy, / To hasten your doom / The blue bell of heaven / I str...»
«Sleep peacefully, dear brothers. / In answer to her call / Staunch champions of our country / March past the Kremlin walls. New thoughts the world is bearing. / Red lightning tints the sky... / Sleep peacefully, dear brothers, / Where in your tombs you lie. Like а gold seal, to guard ...»