The Landowner glares like a ferocious watchdog
The Kulak [rich peasant] snorts through his bulbous nose
The habitual drunk boozes his woes away
The [village] priest frantically whoops and and wails.
The corrupt journalist spits and hisses
The capitalist sharpens his tusks
The Menshevik rages like a madman
The White Soldier effs and blinds.
These dogs that have not been thrown into jail —
Everyone defending the bad old ways —
Put an evil curse on the Five-Year Plan
And declare war on it.
They threaten its disruption, realising
That it spells their utter ruination.
Помещик смотрит злым барбосом,
Кулак сопит бугристым носом,
Пьянчуга с горя пьет запоем,
Поп оголтелым воем воет,
Шипит продажный журналист,
Острит клыки капиталист,
Меньшивичок вовсю ярится,
Вояка белый матерится, —
Псы не посаженные в клетку,
Все кто стоит за старину,
Зло проклинают пятилетку
И объявляют ей войну,
Грозят ей срывом понимая,
Что в ней — погибель их прямая!
«Stars little stars, you're so high and so clear! / What have you got in you, so fascinating? / Stars, deep in thought, so discreet you appear, / What is the power that makes you so tempting? / / Stars, little stars, you're so dense and so solid! / What is it that makes you so great and ...»
«There's the silly elation, / The garden the windows look on! / Soundless sunset reflection / Swims in the pool, like a swan. / / Greetings, golden serenity, / Shadows of trees, black as tar! / Crows on the roof, in sincerity, / Hold vespers in praise of the star. / / Timidly, ...»
«You were crying on a quiet night, / Those tears in your eyes you weren't hiding, / I was so sad and so depressed inside, / And yet we couldn't overcome misunderstanding. / / Now you are gone, I'm here, on my own, / My dreams have faded, losing tint and colour, / You left me, and agai...»
«Lovely night, I will never retrieve it, / And I won't see my sweet precious love. / And the nightingale's song, I won't hear it, / Happy song that it sang in the grove! / / That sweet night is now gone irrevocably, / You can't tell it: please come back and wait. / Autumn weather ha...»