"Learn your English
      as well as you can"                                
                                                      
         from an English textbook





Love your landcape
  as much as you can
   and in due time
    it'll bring you fame

But never, my dear,
   think about your fame
    for the real enjoyment
     is the landscape itself
      and your love of it

Only then
   you can partly feel
     the love and enjoyment 
       of its Creator

So... try to be near Him -
  love the fresh air of spring
   and the tender buds,
    hear them sing

They don't know
   how short their time will be,
    but they're happy
     and so you be



*            *            *



I'm getting chilled
   in the wind
    and the landscape has almost
     a Mediterranian feel

But this is my imagination
   for the lack of a new wheel
    wheeling me far,
      very far
        where I've never been

Only in my sleep and dream
   I can forget
     the depth of my regret,
      which is, indeed, deep


The birds are flying above my head...
  What do they want to tell me?
   These birds are great!

   
I've never seen such beautiful birds before,
   but maybe I think so,
    because I've been lacking impressions
     for over a year
      and even more -
       the pandemic is now our law...

Darkness is coming down like...
   (not like a cat,
although it's quite quiet)
   it's coming down like darkness


Remember Бродский?
  "Холод похож на холод.
   Время похоже на время..."
Эклога Четвертая. Зимняя


All things immaterial are like themselves -
   Time, Eternity, Love...
    Inexplicable...
How can you explain,
  as well as your feelings...


Another attempt?
   How much is left?
    I don't know...


Here is one more spring
   And that is hope...


*           *            *


Я - в прозрачном воздушном шатре
   из тонких веток
    с кружевными новор`ожденными листьями

(Пандемия не кончается, - есть ли конец? -
   но мы продолжаем жить...)

При фотографи-
  рова-
   нии
они получаются
  зелеными,
хотя они
  кремово-розовые...

И это неописуемо...

Батареи садятся быстро...
   Самое красивое дерево мне не дается...



3 мая 2021