Osip Mandelshtam
- Equinox, by Alan Shaw
(Orioles are in the woods, and vowels` length...)
Óssip Mandelstam (português)
- Nos bosques, ouropêndulas. Vogais..., Haroldo de Campos
«All joy — in the past, irretrievable and evanescent / But in the present - prosperity and despair. / The heart is tired and thirsts in fire at sunset / Of love and passion — its lured by freedom from care. The heart is tired of prosperitys narrow confines, / Its in despair, in chains, ...»
«Champagne in a lily! Champagne in a lily! / With health and with wisdom it sparkles and shines! / A shot of Mignon with one of Escamillio / Champagne in a lily — a sacred wine. Champagne in a lily bursting and sparkling — / The wine contained in a flowers cup. / I glory in rapture the...»
«Tuxedoed, attired immaculately, the high-society gentlemen / Stupefying their faces, brought themselves into a room, / I gave a forced smile, sarcastically ash and darkness remembering: / A new poetic motif unexpectedly breaking the gloom. Every line — a slap on the cheek. My voice — tor...»
«Pineapples in champagne! Pineapples in champagne! / Deliriously tasty, sparkling and bright! / Im in something from Norway! Im in something from Spain! / Im inspired in bursts and I sit down to write. Planes are screeching above me! Automobiles are running! / Express trains whistling by and...»