«to Valentina Serova As I recall the year that's ending / I can't decide the happy time / When, more than any other moment, / I truly felt that you were mine. Was it that night at your rehearsal? / The light that came on suddenly — / And your admonitory whisper / "You mustn't — eve...»
«to Valentina Serova Peace will be signed and we’ll be at your door / At twelve o’clock at night, with noise and mirth, / Your humble servant, just as in the war, / And all his dearest friends — those that remain on earth. / That night I wish that you may be again / That woman who is...»
«to Valentina Serova With death an inch above my head / Upon the blackened ridge I lay / And I was grateful in my heart / That you were very far away. / And thunder was not in your ears, / And hell was not before your eyes, / And somewhere in a distant town, / A peaceful house and gard...»
«to Valentina Serova Well may I curse in years to come / The features of your face. / My love is like a cataclysm, / Transcending time and space. / There's not a friend or comrade dear / Who in the light of day / Could come into this flaming fire / And pull me clear away. / Despairin...»