Who answered me in the forest grove?
Did an old oak whisper to a pine,
Or a mountain ash creak far away,
Or the okarina of a goldfinch sing,
Or a robin, my little pet,
Call suddenly at sunset?
Who answered me in the forest grove?
Did you remember
One spring, our past,
Our cares and troubles,
Our wanderings apart,
You, who singed my heart?
Who answered me in the forest grove?
Morning and evening, in cold and heat,
I still hear the faint echo,
The sigh of an unbounded love,
And my trembling poems
Straining towards you from my palms.
Кто мне откликнулся в чаще лесной?
Старый ли дуб зашептался с сосной,
Или вдали заскрипела рябина,
Или запела щегла окарина,
Или малиновка, маленький друг,
Мне на закате ответила вдруг?
Кто мне откликнулся в чаще лесной?
Ты ли, которая снова весной
Вспомнила наши прошедшие годы,
Наши заботы и наши невзгоды,
Наши скитанья в далеком краю, —
Ты, опалившая душу мою?
Кто мне откликнулся в чаще лесной?
Утром и вечером, в холод и зной,
Вечно мне слышится отзвук невнятный,
Словно дыханье любви необъятной,
Ради которой мой трепетный стих
Рвался к тебе из ладоней моих...
«Ah, what a blizzard, be damned! / Driving white nails into the roof. / Only I’m not afraid, and in my fate / With a scampish heart I’m nailed to you.»
«I'd root out / bureaucracy / once and for ever. / I have no respect / for formalities. / May every paper / go to the devil / But for this... A courteous official / passes through / The maze of compartments / and halls. / They hand in passports, / And I, / too, / Hand in ...»
«About turn! March! / Away with a talk-show. / Silence, you speakers! / Comrade Mauser, / you / have the floor. / Down with the law which for us / Adam and Eve have left. / We'll ruin the jade of the past. / Left! / Left! / Left! / Hey, bluejackets! / Be gone! / Sail away!...»
«What is your idea of a Parisian woman? / A jeweled beauty with a gemmed hand? / Don't try to fancy! Life is more gloomy! / The Parisian I know is nothing of the kind. / I don't know whether she is old or young, / In a gloss of finery impaired by wear / She works at the toilet of a restau...»