Fly! Little three-letter wordlet
busily washing your winglet,
what could be sweeter or better
than watching you swallow my letter?
Муха! нежное слово, красивое,
Ты мордочку лапками моешь,
А иногда за ивою
Письмо ешь.
«Among the worlds, while planets flicker above / I keep repeating the name of One Star in the universe… / Not because I am madly in love / But because the others bore me to death. If I can’t endure doubt, / I beg only Her to answer / Not because She brings light, / But because with...»
«Everything here will outlive me, / Even the houses of the stare / And this air I breathe, the spring air, / Ending its flight across the sea. / / Unearthly invincibility… / The voice of eternity is calling, / And the light moon’s light is falling / Over the blossoming cherry-tre...»
«When the moon lies like a piece of Chardush melon / On the windowsill and it's hard to breathe, / When the door is shut and the house bewitched / By an airy branch of blue wisteria, / And there is cool water in the clay cup, / And a snow-white towel, and the wax candle / Is burning, as i...»
«And the stony word fell on my bare, / My still breathing, my still living breast. / Nevermind. I knew. I was prepared. / I will cope with it. I'll do my best. / I have work, that cannot be postponed: / To destroy my memory. And then / I must turn my soul into a stone. / I must start to...»