Vladimir Mayakovsky
- A violin and a little nervous, by Andrey Kneller
- The Violin — A Little Bit Nervous, by Dorian Rottenberg
- Violin and a little nervous, by Maya Jouravel
«Departed brother, who has disturbed your sleep / And trampled on the sanctity of the tomb? / Into your house, all dug up, I stepped down — / I took your skull in my hands, dusty and yellow. The remnants of your hair — it wore them still. / I saw the slow course of decay upon it. / Hor...»
«I shall saddle a horse, / A swift courser, he, / I shall fly, I shall rush, / As the hawk is keen, / Over fields, over seas, / To a distant land. / I shall overtake there / My young youth again. / I shall make myself spruce / Be a blade again, / I shall make a fine show / For t...»
«Through the heavens of midnight an angel was sped / Who lifted his chant as he fled. / The moon and the clouds and the stars leaned to hear / The song rising holy and clear. He sang of the spirits, the sinless, the blest, / Who softly in Paradise rest. / Of the gardens...»
«We drink life's cup with thirsty lips, / Our eyes shut fast to fears; / About the golden rim there drips / Our staining blood, our tears. But when the last swift hour comes on, / The light long hid is lit, / From startled eyes the band is gone, / We suffer and submit. It is not our par...»