You who loved me with falsity
Of truth — and the truth of lies,
You who loved me — beyond extremity
Of wherever! — Beyond the skies!
You who loved me longer
Than Time. — Right hand: wave goodbye!
You love me no longer:
Truth in five words: no lie!
Ты, меня любивший фальшью
Истины — и правдой лжи,
Ты, меня любивший — дальше
Некуда! — За рубежи!
Ты, меня любивший дольше
Времени. — Десницы взмах!
Ты меня не любишь больше:
Истина в пяти словах.
«In every thing I want to grasp / Its very core. / In work, in searching for the path, / In heart's uproar. / / To see the essence of my days, / In every minute / To see its cause, its root, its base, / Its sacred meaning. /...»
«In everything, I want to reach / For the very essence. / In work, in searching for the path, / In the heart's turmoil. For the essence of days gone by, / For their causes, / For foundations, for roots, / For the core. I want to live, to think, to feel, to love, / To make discoveries ...»
«All over the world from east to west / It stormed and snowed. / A candle glowed upon the desk, / A candle glowed. As midges rush towards a flame / On summer nights / White flakes attacked the window pane / From outside. They formed a rings-and-arrows dress, / Refined and cold. / A...»
«As promised and without deception, / The sun passed through in early morning / In a slanting saffron stripe / From the curtain to the sofa. It covered with burning ochre / The neighboring woods, village houses, / My bed, the wet pillow / And the strip of wall behind the bookshelf. I re...»