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.
«I clasped hands in the veil’s saving darkness... / “Why your face got the pallor today?” / That’s because I filled him with tart sadness, / made like drunken, and gotten a sway. / How can I forget? He left staggered, / lips are bent to significant rate... / I ran down behind lik...»
«The tenant sits upon his case, / Abstractedly regards the floor, / The same old table, bed, and chair, / The old upholstery the same old place, / The same ragout on the plate. But despite / All this, everything wears a strange new light. Daisy's thick calves gleam enticingly, / Her buxo...»
«Three students sit with a pair of whores: / Dudilenko, Barsov, and Blok; / Dasha wears a kerchief and a boa, / And Kasha a shawl and a frock. The workman's lamps have burned right down, / All eyes are on the cards they play, / Heads bent low, necks and shoulders round,...»
« It's dark... / The bastard street lamp's run away / And wine / Has, like a sea squall, made my frail ship sway. / In the dark / I grab at a telegraph pole for support. / I feel fine / But something's gone wrong with my leg. / ...»