On the island of Ezeli
we got along easily.
I went to Kamchatka
where you were a hat-check girl.
From the heights of Altai
I smiled and said, «Hi!»
On the shores of Amur,
I'amour.
На острове Эзеле
Мы вместе грезили,
Я был на Камчатке,
Ты теребила перчатки
С вершины Алтая
Я сказал «дорогая».
В предгорьях Амура
Крылья Амура.
«Sie liebten beiden, doch keiner / Wollt'es dem andern gestehn. / Heine Their love was so gentle, so long, and surprising, / With pining, so deep, and zeal, like a crazy uprising! / But, much like foes, they shunned their meetings, confessions… / And were cold and empty their short conve...»
«The sail is whitening alone / In blue obscurity of sea: / What did it leave in country own? / What does it want so far to see. The wind is strong, the mast is creaking, / The wave is playing with the wave... / But not a fortune is it seeking, / Nor from this fortune is its way. By it a...»
«There is a blest place: by the trace / In wilderness, in a little glade’s middle, / Where in the eve, mists twine and bristle / In moony silver’s easy lace… / My friend! You know that glade, fair; / There dig a pit and let me rest, / When I will cease to breathe in air. Give to...»
«When my life is arduous, / If sadness freezes blood, / I say one prayer marvelous, / I learned it all by heart. There's vigor unbelievable / In living words' accords, / And breathes unfamiliar / And holly charm in words. A heart becomes not troublesome, / And doubts go awry, / And ...»