Vladislav Khodasevich
- A tight rope walker, by Athena
(From rooftop to rooftop a rope is tied taut...)
Vladislav Khodassevitch (français)
- L’acrobate, Henri Abril
(Entre deux toits une corde est tendue...)
«This day of spring is hot and golden — / The citys blinded by the sun! / Im me again! I am emboldened! / Im in love, happy and Im young! The soul sings and bursts for the fields and / I come to strangers and say "hey." / What spaciousness I feel! What freedom! / What songs and flowers...»
«All joy — in the past, irretrievable and evanescent / But in the present - prosperity and despair. / The heart is tired and thirsts in fire at sunset / Of love and passion — its lured by freedom from care. The heart is tired of prosperitys narrow confines, / Its in despair, in chains, ...»
«Champagne in a lily! Champagne in a lily! / With health and with wisdom it sparkles and shines! / A shot of Mignon with one of Escamillio / Champagne in a lily — a sacred wine. Champagne in a lily bursting and sparkling — / The wine contained in a flowers cup. / I glory in rapture the...»
«Tuxedoed, attired immaculately, the high-society gentlemen / Stupefying their faces, brought themselves into a room, / I gave a forced smile, sarcastically ash and darkness remembering: / A new poetic motif unexpectedly breaking the gloom. Every line — a slap on the cheek. My voice — tor...»