We live just as in a dream impenetrable
on one of the comfortable planets...
There are so many things we don't need,
and that which we want doesn't exist.
Мы живем, точно в сне неразгаданном,
На одной из удобных планет...
Много есть, чего вовсе не надо нам,
А того, что нам хочется, нет...
«The storm covers skies in darkness, / Spinning snowy whirlwinds tight, / Now it wails like a beast wildest, / Now it cries like a week child, / Now suddenly it rustles / The old roof’s dry thatching mass, / Now, a traveller, late and gusty, / It knocks at our window’s glass. Our h...»
«Three apples. They’re beloved of tradition, / Three symbols of rebellion here on earth, / In ancient garden, knowing new fruition, / They burn beneath dreams’ gusting trembles’ birth. O you, primeval woman’s fatal apple! / You tore the light of Eden from her eyes, / Upon us sheddi...»
«When troubled spell afflicts my life / And sadness grips my heart: / One pleasing prayer relieves my strife — / To say it then I start. There is a God-sent blessed strength / With lively words in tune, / And holy charm breathes through their length / Whose source remains unknown. And...»
«First snow has fallen, like the first / Still nervous steps and child’s first chortle. / You see? Unfurling, verst on verst / Upon the birches and the firs / The train of ice queen’s furs immortal? / As if from shaker all dispersed — / And yet tomorrow — fear the worst — / T...»