Marina Tsvetaeva
- Epitaph, by Ilya Shambat
(Hid in the corner, you look so stubborn...)
Marina Zwetajewa (deutsch)
- Epitaph, Josef Maria Mayer
(«Verstecktest dich in der Ecke, du siehst so stur drein...)
«Leaves are falling here and yonder. / And the wind is / Drawling and low. / Who will gladden my heart I wonder? / Who will soothe it, my friend, do you know? / / I'm staring at the moon, and I'm trying / Not to sleep keeping drowse away. / There again the rosters are crying / A...»
«Little house with light blue shutters, / I will never forget you, no way! / All these years that have gone with the shadows / Seemed so recent and not far away. / / Up to now I've been dreaming about / Our fields, woods and clouds on high / Under cover of grey cotton shroud / Of...»
«Don't torment me with coldness and stiffness / And don't ask me my age and so on. / I have serious falling sickness / With my soul like a yellow bone. / / Years ago I wasn't the same as / I am now. I was dreamy and all / I imagined that I would be famous / Very wealthy and favoured...»
«Snowdrift, piled up, is now brittle and callous, / Cold is the moon that shines from the height. / Now I am back at my dear old house, / And through the blizzard I see the light. / / Well, we are homeless but we do not suffer. / I laud what I've got, without complain. / Here I am bac...»