Oh, the unconquerable heaviness
Of these waters silenced
Behind centuries-old dams!
Oh Lord! It’s still the same, it’s hard for me
With my heart full to overflowing,
And a muse who’s un-talkative.
О, этих вод обезмолвленных
За вековыми запрудами
Тяжесть непреодолимая!
Господи! Так же мне! Трудно мне
С сердцем моим переполненным,
С Музой несловоохотливой.
«My shadow remained and it pines there, listless, / In that light and blue room, it has settled down, / Past midnight it waits for the guests from town, / And the enameled icon, every night, it kisses. / And in this house, not everything is pleasant: / They’ll light a fire, but darkness s...»
«The heavens sow a light rain / On the blooming lilac shrub. / While, outside, the white Whit Monday / Beats its wings, ascending up. And today’s — a closing date, / My dear friend returns from sea. / Shores and towers, as of late, / In my dreams, appear to me. Climbing up the final...»
«I know that you are my reward / For years of struggle, sweat and pain, / For not accepting any sort / Of earthly pleasures under strain, / For never uttering the words / To my beloved: "You are loved", / For me forgiving all to all, — / You’ll be my Angel from above. »
«These meeting didn’t leave / Any deep understanding of life, / No secrets and no grief — / Just a sense of struggle and strife. Since morning, my arms trembled / With restless uncertainty, — / I had guessed the minute you’d enter / This evening to visit me. I wrung the cloth in...»