They christened us in the same tub,
They wed us with the same wreath,
They tortured us in the same jail,
They branded us with the same iron.
They will build us the same house.
They will cover us with the same mound.
Крестили нас — в одном чану,
Венчали нас — одним венцом,
Томили нас — в одном плену,
Клеймили нас — одним клеймом.
Поставят нам — единый дом.
Прикроют нас — одним холмом.
«Maybe, it's too late or, maybe, early, / It has not occurred to me for years, / I resemble now Don Juan, really, / Like a proper flippant man of verse. / / What's the matter? What has happened, really? / Every day I have some other chick. / And I lose self-pity, willy-nilly, / And d...»
«I'm tired of living in my land / With boring fields and buckwheat fragrant, / I'll leave my home for ever, and / Begin the life of thief and vagrant. / / I'll walk through silver curls of life / In search of miserable dwelling. / My dearest friend will whet his knife / On me. The...»
«Canes have started rustling on the river bank, / Princess-girl is crying with her face pale, blank. / / Pretty girl has chanted "loves me — loves me not", / The unwoven flowers down the river float. / / She is not to marry later in the spring, / Goblin has foretold a very fright...»
«Stars little stars, you're so high and so clear! / What have you got in you, so fascinating? / Stars, deep in thought, so discreet you appear, / What is the power that makes you so tempting? / / Stars, little stars, you're so dense and so solid! / What is it that makes you so great and ...»