Пятница, близится вечер

[vas_dem]

Do you live еще, моя старушка?
Live и I. Hello тебе, hello.
Let it flow over your избушка
Evening свет in our big село.

I am told, что ты, тая тревогу,
Miss me шибко under lonely moon,
Что ты often ходишь на дорогу
In old-fashioned second-hand шушун.

And you see в вечернем синем мраке
Holy Jesus, same shit - oh, Gosh. - That somebody мне в кабацкой
драке Саданул под сердце Finnish нож.

But relax, родная! Успокойся.
This is only тягостная бредь.
I am not a f###ing alcoholic,
Чтоб, тебя не видя, умереть.

I am still такой же очень нежный,
And I dream, my darling, лишь о том, Чтоб скорее from тоски мятежной
To get back in низенький наш дом.

I'll return, когда раскинет ветви
Our garden - старый белый сад.
But I bet you, mama, на рассвете
Wake me not like восемь лет назад.

Do not wake того, что отмечалось,
Don't excite того, что не сбылось, - Слишком early losses and
усталость To experience мне привелось.

Don't teach me how to pray. Не надо!
To the old возврата больше нет.
You're my only помощь & отрада,
You're my only несказанный свет.

So forget about your тревога,
Не грусти and I shall come back soon.
Don't go so often to дорога
In old-fashioned second-hand шушун.

[ms801]

This is one of my fave poems! If you come across the version completely translated into English, let me know....

[Гласность/Glasnost]

LETTER TO MOTHER
Still around, old dear? How are you keeping?
I too am around. Hello to you!
May that magic twilight ever be streaming
Over your cottage as it used to do.

People write how sad you are, and anxious
For my sake, though you won't tell them so,
And that you in your old-fashioned jacket
Out onto the highroad often go.

That you often see in the blue shadows
Ever one dream, giving you no rest:
Someone in a drunken tavern scuffle
Sticks a bandit knife into my chest.

Don't go eating your heart out with worry,
It's just crazy nonsense and a lie.
I may drink hard, but I promise, mother,
I shall see you first before I die.

I love you as always and I'm yearning
In my thoughts for just one thing alone,
Soon to ease my heartache by returning
To our humble low-roofed country home.

I'll return when decked in white the branches
In our orchard are with spring aglow.
But no longer wake me up at sunrise,
As you used to do eight years ago.

Do not waken dreams no longer precious,
Hope never fulfilled do not excite.
It was my misfortune to experience
Loss and weariness too early in my life.

Don't teach me to pray. Please, mother!
There's no going back, try as you might.
You alone give me support and comfort,
You alone glow with a magic light.

So forget your cares, please. Don't be anxious
And for my sake, dear, don't worry so.
Out onto the road in your old-fashioned
Jacket, please do not so often go.

1924