Velimir Khlebnikov
- Neither fragile Japanese shadows..., by Boris Kokotov
Neither fragile Japanese shadows /
Nor mellifluous Indian daughters /
Sound as sorrowful /
As the last supper orations. /
On the verge of deat...
- These tenuous Japanese shadows..., by Paul Schmidt
These tenuous Japanese shadows, /
murmuring Indian maidens — /
nothing sounds so mournful /
as words at a last supper. /
Death — but first a f...