Letters to the Otherworld
I write letters to you though you’re in the Otherworld I type your name in the search box of the browser I know, you’ve left this sick demented world But I keep writing till I am tired, till I get drowsy I know there’ll be no response from you, because there can’t be any I […]
Émigrés by Anna Barkova
edited, unrhymed translation by © Евгений Сухарников, Fledermaus, Poetry Monster, 2021, Russian original Émigrés by Anna Barkova Émigrés both internal and external, We, eternal migrants on the go, Though we are keen to lull our own feelings, Friendships fade and enmity grows. Émigrés both internal and external, No one waits for us or wants us […]
Sergei Esenin – Sergueï Essénine – Stars
Unrhymed edited translation My little stars above are so clear and high! What do you keep in yourself, what do you hide? Stars that conceal the deepest of thoughts, By what power do you captivate our soul? Numerous tightly crowded little stars! What is the secret of your beauty and strength? What do you carry […]
Sergei Esenin (Serguei Yesenin, Sergueï Essénine) – Sounds of Sorrow
Edited unrhymed translation Tedious songs, sad sounds, Let me breathe freely. You bring me suffering, You torment my chest Instead, give me joy, give me peace, Let me fall soundly asleep. Thoughts after thoughts like a vague swarm, Sounds, you had wrecked my path. So, be silent, the sounds are messengers of grief, Tears are […]