The last leaves’ embers in total immolation
Rise into the sky; this whole forest
Seethes with irritation, just as we did
That last year we lived together.
The path you take’s reflected in our tear-filled eyes,
As bushes are reflected in the murky flood-lands.
Don’t be difficult, don’t touch, don’t threaten,
Don’t offend the forest silence by the Volga.
You can hear the old life breathing:
Clumps of mushrooms growing in damp grass –
Though gnawed to the very core by slugs,
They still inflame the skin.
All our past is like a threat –
Look, I’m coming, watch, I’ll kill you!
The sky shivers and holds a maple, like a rose, –
May it burn still stronger – right into your eyes.
(Arseny Tarkovsky)
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