He descended from heaven on a rope
Into a king’s palace. The straw roof,
Wanting to block the thief’s path,
Began to burn.
Running to the pond
He began to ladle water. Suddenly
A swan started to sing and woke up the house.
He cut off the reflection’s head, jumped
On the roof, put out the straw. The blind
King began to wake the queen
Who lay in a demon’s embrace
Dreaming that she enters heaven
And God gives her vings. The thief
Ordered the king to show him his crowns.
No one told where the crowns were.
He nailed the king to the floor,
Drowned the demon in the pond,
And hung the queen near a mirror.
No one told where the crowns were.
He spilled gas on the roof,
And fire began to sing and dance
Like a drunken beggar.
And he, jumping
On a motorcycle, flew off to heaven.
Just then, having lingered all night,
The eclipse of the moon ended.
(Henrikas Radauskas)
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