Sergey Esenin
Silly heart, don`t beat!..

Silly heart, don't beat!
We are all deceived by happiness,
Only the beggar asks for sympathy...
Sily heart, don't beat.

The yellow charms of the half moon
Are pouring by the chesnuts in the glade.
Bending to Lala on shalvari,
I'll hide under the veil.
Silly heart, don't beat.

Sometimes we all, like children,
Often laugh and cry:
We have in this world
Joys and bad luck.
Silly heart, don't beat.

Many countries have I seen,
I have sought happiness eveywhere,
Only the desired destiny
I won't look for anymore.
Silly heart, don't beat

My heart hasn't deceived me completely.
We'll drink a new force.
Heart, you'd better sleep
Here on my darling's knees
Silly heart, don't beat.

Maybe, destiny, which floats
Like an avalanche, will notice us too,
And will answer to love
With a nightingale's song.
Silly heart, don't beat.

Translated by Lyuba Coffey