It happens: no oblivion, no dreams,
The near shadows are roaming in the mist,
Whether you argue or you don’t, no doubts,
“Death and time are reigning on this earth”.
Death and time. Suffering – we’ll add.
...But by the morning, all of a sudden, with no cause,
With grieving happiness of existence
Something shines quietly on this earth.
Так бывает: ни сна, ни забвения,
Тени близкие бродят во мгле,
Спорь, не спорь, никакого сомнения,
"Смерть и время царят на земле".
Смерть и время. Добавим: страдание,
...Ну а к утру, без повода, вдруг,
Счастьем горестным существования
Тихо светится что - то вокруг.
«There’s a smile I make, just like so: / Barely moving my lips, just enough. / I have kept it for you, as you know — / After all, it was given by love. / You can be disrespectful and stormy, / You love others, but that is all right. / There’s a golden lectern before me, / And my g...»
«A loved one makes her demands at will! / But she who’s unloved has no say. / How happy I feel that the water grows still / Under the ice today. And I shall tread — with Christ beside me! — / On this shroud, so fragile and light. / So our descendants can judge us rightly, / Keep my...»
«We met there for the final time again / On the embankment, where we’d always go. / There was high water on the Neva then, / And all were scared that it may overflow He spoke about the summer and he said / A woman and a poet — too bizarre. / I still recall the Fortress overhead, / An...»
«Hi! Did you hear me rustle slightly / By your desk, just to the right? / You won’t finish what you’re writing — / I have come to you tonight. / Will you hurt me now by chance, / Like you did that time — / Saying that you don’t see hands, / These hands and eyes of mine. / Yo...»