My Favourite Poems in English

Един в многообразии своём.

7. «Mind needs mysteries uncovered…»

From the first collection of poems «In Your Name» (Russian: Во имя твоё).

In English (interpretation by Lord Muck and Leah Foden):

Mind needs mysteries uncovered,
It researches truth and lies.
Am I full of worth and power?
What's the World and who am I?

What is real and how's it real?
What's the aim to know this all?
Should we solve this complex riddle,
Just like children try to solve?

In Russian:

Жаждет ум познанья мира,
Ищет смысл бытия.
Есть ли толк во мне и сила?
Что есть Мир и что есть Я?

Что есть сущее на свете
И зачем хочу всё знать?
И дано ли нам, как детям,
Ребус сложный разгадать?

8. «My little girl, when your adulthood will start…»

This is interpretation poem for my first book In English «The Adventures of Kesha the Russian Boy». It's my story about my childhood and coming of age, written from autobiographical material. Episode «2011. Сhildbirth».

In English (interpretation by author):

My little girl, when your adulthood will start
This tiny verse will touch your gentle hand.
I hope your heavy temper's now dead,
You happy are and kept your open heart.

It doesn't matter if you're very smart
Even if starfish you've found in the sea.
Save soul's warmth – it is life's golden key:
Once down cooled, from whole you'll be apart.

No matter who your path will block or cross —
Don't be too strict with different companions:
Love other people, be calm, be kind, take care.

Let people give you the greatest real task.
All's yours indeed – no matter what you ask.
Be happy baby. God bless you everywhere.

In Russian:

Дитя моё, когда ты повзрослеешь
Твоей руки коснётся этот стих.
Надеюсь, дерзкий нрав твой приутих
И в жизни ни о чём ты не жалеешь.

Не важно чем особенным владеешь,
Достанешь ли со дна ты звёзд морских —
Храни тепло души – финальный штрих:
Остыв однажды – больше не согреешь.

Какой бы ни пришлось пройти дорогой —
К попутчикам своим не будь столь строгой:
Люби чужие жизни и цени.

Пусть люди наполняют тебя силой.
Всё будет у тебя, чтоб ни просила.
Будь счастлива. Господь тебя храни.

9. Transformation

From the second collection of poems «In Jest or Seriously» (Russian: В шутку ли всерьёз).

In English (interpretation by Lord Muck and Leah Foden):

I came inside the altar shrine,
I forced the walls around to tremble.
I prayed while reading the divine,
When I unsealed the doors of temple.

The scarlet petal took the most
From blessing moisture of the heavens;
The reddish shawl had to be lost,
It won't be hardly found ever…

State of a chrysalis that lies
Was changed so much, from the beginning.
When you became a butterfly,
I gladly took your altered meaning.

You've put on new and fancy dress,
The world has been by you discovered;
Your sparkling eyes kept the impress:
I've noticed – you've grown up empowered…