Zinaida Gippius
- God`s creature, by Simon Karlinsky
(I offer prayers for the Devil...)
Zinaida Gippius (italiano)
- Сreatura Di Dio, Sergio Puglisi
(Per il Diavolo, Signore, io ti prego!..)
«I while away my life in stride, / It’s senseless to me and redundant: / Today, I’m soberly — triumphant, / Tomorrow, I will — sing and cry. What if my death is getting nearer? / What if, behind me, stands a man, / Who, reaching with his massive hand, / Will block the image in t...»
«The night, the pharmacy, the street, / The pointless lamppost in the mist. / A quarter century recedes — / There’s no escape. It all persists. You’ll die — and you’ll begin anew, / As in the past, all will repeat: / The icy channel flowing through, / The lamp, the pharmacy, t»
«You were most charming, most loyal, most bright, / Don’t curse me, so cruel and so stern! / Like the song of the gypsies, my train is in flight, / Like the days that will never return... And all that we loved — went by us, went by us... / Our future...»
«I yearn to live a life of meaning: / Make every thing — immortalized, / Make all the formal — humanized, / Bring non-existent — into being! This dream will choke me, I’ll collapse, / This dream will rob me of my breath, / But then, a cheery youth, perhaps, / Might say of me af...»