Velimir Khlebnikov
- I`m going out again today..., by Paul Schmidt
- Today I will again venture..., by Alex Cigale
«The telephone rang. / “Hello! Who’s there?” / “The Polar Bear.” / “What do you want?” / “I’m calling for the Elephant.” / “What does he want?” / “He wants a little Peanut brittle.” / “Peanut brittle!.. / And for whom?” “It’s for his little Elephan...»
«From the cycle LENIN I Lenin has the spirit of an Old Believer, / Intones his decrees like a priest, / And looks to the Pomorian Responses1 / For the source of all our grief. Now the land belongs to the peasants, / The Church is no longer a state serf. / Now a bright new word chimes for...»
«I was walking along an unfamiliar street, / And suddenly heard a cawing of crows, / And resonant lutes, and distant rumbling, / — Before me a streetcar flew. How I leapt to its platform / Was a riddle to me, / Even in the light of day / It left a fiery trail in the air. Rushing ahead...»
«I was walking down an unfamiliar street, when I suddenly heard crows croaking, the sound of a lute, and distant peals of thunder — a tram was flying past me. How I managed to jump on to its step was a mystery to me even in broad daylight it left behind a trail of fire in the air. It rushed on li...»