Sergey Esenin
- The Cow, by Anton Yakovlev
Sergei Jessenin (deutsch)
- Die Kuh, Eric Boerner
«The noise subsides. I walk onto the stage. / I listen closely to the echo of the hum / And leaning on the doorway, try to gauge / Just what will happen in the age to come. In gloom of night, the theater glasses gather / In thousands and focus on the play. / If only you are willing, Abba F...»
«The sunset’s lights were dying down. / Across the thickets of the copse, / Toward a distant Ural town, / A man was riding on his horse. The horse was trembling with spite / And echoing the noisy clatter, / The water ran along its side / And wildly splattered in the gutter. And when h...»
«Life has suddenly returned again, / Just as once it strangely went away. / On this ancient street, once more I stand, / Just as then, that distant summer day. Same old people and the same old worry / And the sunset’s fire is still warm, / Just as when, the evening in a hurry / Nailed ...»
«Don’t cry. Don’t tense your swollen lips, / Don’t pack them into creases. / You’ll irritate those dried up bits / Of scabs from vernal fevers. Withdraw you hand, don’t touch my chest, / We’re cables under voltage. / To one another, by some chance / We may be thrown by fortun...»