The streams of time
on stone dreams,
the rush of streams
on time's stones.
Rustling sedge
at the lake's edge —
reverent hush,
reverberant rush.
Времыши-камыши
На озера береге,
Где каменья временем,
Где время каменьем.
На берега озере
Времыши, камыши,
На озера береге
Священно шумящие.
«Men’s thoughts and deeds will pass like dreams, / The heroes soon effaced, / The mausoleums will turn to dust, / All things end up erased. / / The wisdom, justice, faith and love / By some Unknown Hand, / Like needless words on someone's slate, / Will soon be swept away. Afar fr...»
«You should be all-understanding, / flexible, unsteady, changing, / as a running ocean wave, / unfastidious and suave , — / Welcome all that come to pass, / Leaning, touching, encompass / whether you accept or not. Be impassive, apathetic, / all-departing, anaesthetic / As a runni...»
«It’s not in wise man’s recollections, / Not in a poet’s sweet refrain, / Not in a hero’s daring action, / Not in a hermit’s silent strain. But contrary to grievance tending / To cover all divine with slime, / Behold: it’s in the sun ascending / On golden canvases of sky. Ea...»
«Love neighbors as thyself, they say... / But me myself despise. / While yearning for ethereal, / I see my truths and lies. And if I ever loved someone, / I only had in mind / To find the innocence of heart, / A ray of truth divine. But after sobering from dreams, / In foreign souls...»