Beijing A Travel Guide

Po kakoj-libo iz beskonechnyh dorog,
Bezrazlichno, na zapad ili na vostok,
My idem i bredem bez zabot, bez trevog;
     YA kakuyu-to knizhku listayu,
     Skazhem, "Avtodorogi Kitaya".
Pes zhe zanyat drugim: on chitaet sledy
CH'ih-to psov, ch'ih-to koz, tonko chuvstvuet dym
Ot listvy, chto szhigayut pod nebom sedym
     Sadovody, v kopenki smetaya.

|to drevnee zoloto redko blestit,
Dazhe v mig, kogda solnce ego osvetit.
Skoro travy pozhuhnut, listva obletit,
     Pole sneg zavernet v gornostai
     I, kak Gordon skazal, uzh ne staet.
My bredem oktyabrem, gde bereza i klen
Nad kanalom kolduyut. YA v bred uglublen,
I, uvy, ya opyat' beznadezhno vlyublen.
     I, uvy, ne v tebya, zolotaya.

{3-4.10.96}
(c) Stepan M. Pechkin 1996
Last-modified: Fri, 02 May 1997 13:22:52 GMT