Songs

Produzhdeniye vesnï.
Vchera moy kot vzglyanul na kalendar´
I khvost truboyu podnyal momental´no.
Potom podral ne lestnitsu, kak vstar´,
I zavopil teplo i vakkhal´no:
‘Vesenniy brak! Grazhdanskiy brak!
Speshite, koshki, na cherdak!’
I kaktus moy—o, chudo iz chudes! –
Zalitïy chayem i kofeynoy gushchey,
Kak novïy Lazar´, vzyal da voskres i
S kazhdïm dnyom pryot iz zemli vsyo pushche.
Zelyonïy shum … ya porazhyon:
Kak mnogo dum navodit on!

Uzhe s paneley smerzshuyusya gryaz´,
Rugayas´, skalïvayut dvorniki likhiye,
Uzhe ko mne zabrel segodnya ‘Knyaz´’
Vzyal tyoplïy sharf i lïzhi begovïye …
‘Vesna, vesna!—Poyu, kak bard –
Nesite zimniy khlam v lombard.’

Siyayet solnïshko. Yey—bogu, nichevo!
Vesennyaya lazur´ spugnula ´
dïm i kopot,
Moroz uzhe ne shchiplet nikogo,
No mnogim nechego,
kak i zimoyu, lopat´ …

Derev´ya zhdut, gniyet voda,
I p´yanïkh bol´she, chem vsedga.
Sozdatel´ moy!
Spasibo za vesnu!
I dumal, ona ne vozvratitsya, no …
Day sbezhat´ v lesnuyu tishinu ot zlobï dnya,
Kholerï i stolitsï!
Vesenniy veter za dver´mi …
V kogo b vlyubitsya, chyort voz´mi?