Inept and aimless is my time..., by Ilya Shambat Inept and aimless is my time: /
I ask a beggar for a dime /
I proffer cash to rich and famous,
Into the needle ray I weave, /
Unto a robber key...
My day is aimless and absurd..., by Rupert Moreton My day is aimless and absurd: /
For beggar’s bread my begging’s heard, /
I give my pittance to the loaded,
A beam, through needle’s eye I slip, /...
My days are awkward and absurd..., by Vladimir Gurvich My days are awkward and absurd: /
For bread I'm begging from a poor, /
While alms I offer only to a rich. /
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I thread a needle by the ray, /...
in finnish
Marina Tsvetajeva (suomi)
Päiväni on huikentelevainen, ja hullu..., Liisa Viitanen, Sergei Tšerašov, Hannu Helin Päiväni on huikentelevainen, ja hullu: /
pyydän kerjäläiseltä leipää, /
annan köyhäinapua rikkaalle.
Pujotan neulansilmään valonsäteen, /
ojenn...