Through the skies sullen
        Winds of the autumn
        Blowing dankly
           Shifting clouds
     Upon cloud greatest
         On the seat settled
           Esta's sitting
            Esta's sewing

    Sews she in scarlet
      Leaves of the marples
            Leaves start falling
        Rusting, rustling
     Sews she in brown-black
          Boughs of the beeches
          Boughs turn naked
          Beeches blanching

        See the cloud's drifting
         To our house heading
            Esta's picking
        Threads and needles
  , What the Lord's saying
        Esta she sews it
          Esta's sewing
        Asking no one

                    30.12.96
                    Translation (c) Stepan M. Pechkin 1997

Last-modified: Fri, 02 May 1997 13:23:43 GMT