The woods have turned green,
The pond has turned green.
And green frogs
Croak their songs.
A fir-tree--a sheaf of green candles,
Moss--a green carpet.
And a green grasshopper
Conducts the song...
Above a house's green roof
A green oak sleeps,
And two green gnomes
Sit between its chimneys.
After breaking a green leaf,
The younger gnome whispers:
"You see, that red-haired student
In the window?
Why isn't he green?
It's May already...May!"
The older gnome yawns drowsily:
"Why don't you just shut up?"
Зеленеют все опушки,
Зеленеет пруд.
А зеленые лягушки
Песенку поют.
Елка - сноп зеленых свечек,
Мох - зеленый пол.
И зелененький кузнечик
Песенку завел...
Над зеленой крышей дома
Спит зеленый дуб.
Два зелененькие гнома
Сели между труб.
И, сорвав зеленый листик,
Шепчет младший гном:
"Видишь? рыжий гимназистик
Ходит под окном.
Отчего он не зеленый?
Май теперь ведь... май!"
Старший гном зевает сонно:
"Цыц! не приставай".
«The forest choir had just fallen silent, / A finch was about to release its voice. / In a crown of leaves a nightingale's silhouette / Alone, unceasing above, began to rejoice. O insidious passion, the more I pursue you, / The less am I able to ridicule. / Have you the power, insignifican...»
«Barely swaying / At a point where the winds cross, / Light birds hung / Like icon lamps amid the heavens. Their tiny telescopic eyes / Peered straight down. / People crawled like bed-bugs, / And brooks meandered. A mouse ran across a field, / And a bird pounced on it. / The little...»
«A rooster bursts into song, it's daybreak! / In the forest, a mound of silver lies in its wake. Battalions of black trees stand there, / Firs like lances, maples like bursts of fire, / Their roots like bolts, branches like beams, / Winds caress them, stars shine above. All morning, woodpec...»
«That very day when your harmonies / Mastered the complex world of labor, / Light subdued light, cloud passed into cloud, / Thunder piled on thunder, star entered star. And seized by frenzied inspiration, / In an orchestra of storms, a shudder of thunder, / You climbed the staircase of the...»