Sergey Esenin
in germanSergei Jessenin (deutsch)
- Das Lied von der Hündin, Eric Boerner
«You’re always enigmatic and new, / And I am ready to serve your desire, / But the love that I’m getting from you / Is a trial by iron and fire. You don’t allow me to smile or sing, / You’ve forbid me to pray long ago. / And I’m glad to lose everything / Just so long as you don...»
«For N. Rykovoya All is traded, betrayed, and languished, / Death’s black wing has been flashing in flight, / All is gnawed at by the ravenous anguish… / So how is it that we bask in the light? In the day, the woods send a stream / Of a cherry scent through the town nearby, / And new ...»
«When at night I’m waiting her arrival, / Life, it seems, is hanging by a thread. / Glory, youth and freedom cannot rival / The joy she brings me, with a flute in hand. She enters, and before I can discern her, / She stares at me with an attentive eye. / “Were you”, I ask, “the cau...»
«For all the foolishness I’ve said, / The punishment is heavy, / I could receive a pea of lead / From the secretary.* ____ / * Joseph Stalin: (December 18, 1878 — March 5, 1953) was General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death...»