Speaking In Tongues
Guided by Voices

 

Àëåêñàíäð Ãóñåâ

Alexander Gusev

Translated by Alec Vagapov

 

ÎÑÅÍÜ

AUTUMN

 
 
Ñóìàñøåäøàÿ!
×òî òû âûòâîðÿåøü,
oñåíü?
Î ýòà ïëÿñêà öâåòà!
çàâîðàæèâàåøü è íå çíàåøü,
÷òî óæå òâîÿ ïåñåíêà ñïåòà.
 
«Êàê íå çíàòü? — îòâå÷àåò —
Çíàþ.
Ìîé îñåííèé íå äîëîã âåê.
Íî íåäàðîì æå ÿ — çîëîòàÿ,
Íåïîíÿòëèâûé òû ÷åëîâåê».
 
 
You are crazy,
Autumn!
you’re so fair!
Oh what a colour dance! What an amaze!
Bewitching me, you must be unaware
That you’ve already seen your days.
 
«Yes, of course, I know it —
Says the Autumn —
And I know my age is but a span.
But they call me «golden», and you ought to
Understand it well, you funny man».