«Monster war, take a look at your handiwork: / In our courtyards the silence is keen. / Our young boys have grown serious suddenly. / All at once, much too soon, they are men. / We got barely a glimpse of the somber eyes / When as soldiers they left, one by one. / It's time for goodb...»
«Ах, війна, що ж накоїла, пі'дла ти: стали тихими наші двори. / Наші хлопчики, – вчора ще пі'длітки, – подоросліли вмить до пори. На порозі постОяли мовчки — і … / всі ...»
«We've a doorway with a staircase, / Also known as a "back door". / In that place as in a palace / A black cat has set up store. There's a smirk beneath his whiskers, / Darkness fits him like a glove. / Other cats are coy or frisky, / This black cat won't make a move. As his leer ge...»
«All along the Smolensk Road trees rise and rise and rise. / All along the Smolensk Road posts stand mid trees, mid trees. / Just above the Smolensk Road I think those are your eyes: / Two cold evening stars, my two blue destinies. All along the Smolensk Road the snow slaps face, slaps face...»