If your soul was born with wings
What does a hut mean or a palace of kings!
What — Genghis Khan, and what — a horde!
I have two foes in the whole world,
They are two twins in one image united:
Hunger of hungry and glut of glutted.
Если душа родилась крылатой —
Что ей хоромы и что ей хаты!
Что Чингисхан ей — и что — Орда!
Два на миру у меня врага,
Два близнеца, неразрывно-слитых:
Голод голодных — и сытость сытых!
«The darkest days of the year / Must be lit up with splendor. / I can’t find the words to compare — / Your lips are so soft and gentle. But don’t raise your eyes in defiance, / Protect my life, my dear. / They’re brighter than first violets, / But deadly to me, I fear. I know, n...»
«Beneath this bare home’s frozen roof, / I do not count the deathly days, / I read Apostles’ texts for truth, / And Psalmists’ every single phrase. / But frost is downy, stars abound, / Such wondrous meetings come along, — / And from the Bible, sticking out, / A maple marks the ...»
«All year long, you have always been near me, / Always joyful and young, all along! / Could it be that you haven’t grown weary / Of the suffering strings’ troubled song, — Those, which used to be taut and loud, / And can now only moan slightly, spent, / They’re tormented and nearly...»
«The ancient city seems neglected, / I’ve come here at a loss. / By his river, Vlad erected / A black heavy cross. Limes are loud, elms — effaced / In a swarthy horde, / Diamond-clustered stars are raised / Up high to the Lord. My sacrificial journey’s path / Here will come to e...»