I feel a fear that I cannot defy
In presence of the secretive above.
Like swallow I am happy in the sky
And loftiness of towers I love.
It seems as though the ancient overpass
Over abyss on bending beams that groan
I hear. A snowball grows and gathers mass,
Eternity beats on the hours of stone.
When would it be! But it is not my role
To dance on faded leaves and scream and hiss
And sadness sings in me without control —
I feel an avalanche in heaven's bliss!
And in the bell tower you can find my soul
But music will not save from the Abyss!
М. Л. Лозинскому
Я чувствую непобедимый страх
В присутствии таинственных высот;
Я ласточкой доволен в небесах,
И колокольни я люблю полет!
И, кажется, старинный пешеход,
Над пропастью, на гнущихся мостках,
Я слушаю — как снежный ком растет
И вечность бьет на каменных часах.
Когда бы так! Но я не путник тот,
Мелькающий на выцветших листах,
И подлинно во мне печаль поет;
Действительно лавина есть в горах!
И вся моя душа — в колоколах —
Но музыка от бездны не спасет!
«Thumpety, / Jumpety, / Bumpety / Ball, / Rollicky, / Frolicky, / Where do you roll? Jolly / And round. / Yellow / And blue, / No one can run / Faster than you. Slappety- / Slap / Against / The wall, / You bounced so nicely. / My pretty ball. Up / ...»
«I'm a bold and gallant rider / With a bold and gallant steed. / On with saddle. / On with bridle, / One-two-three, and off we speed. I never eat / Till my horse is fed. / It goes to sleep / Then I go to bed. By day I lead my horse about. / By night I mount and gallop out. ...»
«What do we plant / When we plant a new wood? / Boats / In which waves / Can be safely withstood. / Masts with strong rigging / To hold up the sails, / Sturdy and steady, / To weather all gales. What do we plant / When we plant / New trees? / Broad wings to glide on / ...»
«Thunder shakes the very skies; / Stop your ears and shut your eyes! Rain runs off the roof in streams. / In the sky a rainbow gleams. Hurry, hurry, hurry out. / Jump and hop and skip about, / Through the garden barefoot fly. / Let me toss you up sky-high! / High as the rainbow /...»