Oh, table, on which I write!
I thank you with all my heart:
You’ve given a trunk to me —
With goal a table to be —
But keep being the living trunk! —
With — over my head — your leaf, young,
With fresh bark and hot pitch’s tears,
With roots — till the bottom of Earth!
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Мой письменный верный стол!
Спасибо за то, что ствол
Отдав мне, чтоб стать — столом,
Остался — живым стволом!
С листвы молодой игрой
Над бровью, с живой корой,
С слезами живой смолы,
С корнями до дна земли!
«No, I can’t ever forget / your child’s mouth, your girl’s glance, / bold — I dream of you, / I speak, I think of you — always — like rhythm. I feel vast oceans / heaving as the moon yaws, / and whole galaxies, burning, / swinging as they have always swung, will always swing....»
«Being drawn into earthly passions, / I vision as from gloom to light / Once, dressed in black, Dark Angel rushes / To cry: "Salvation is a lie!" Yet, unassuming and lighthearted, / Delightful as a noble deed, / Comes angel from the white department / To add that hope is true indeed.»
«To Vl. Motyl As a child, I was convinced / that from all conditions / Potion of the Danish Prince / is the most efficient. / And that faith is burning since / brighter every year... / Potion of the Danish Prince / Savor, cavalier! Potion of this Prince or King / is as sweet as cand...»
«They're yet to be fitted, your veil and your gown, / And chanters to bless us for life, / But hurries time — dare-driver renowned! — / And horses are eager to fly. If only the ding-bells were angels safeguarding, / The sleigh were by tracks to abide! / Two buddies forever, devotion an...»