LONELINESS
- The rain and the wind and the murk
- Over cold water desert of fall,
- Here, life's interrupted till spring;
- Till the spring, gardens barren and tall.
- I'm alone in my cottage, it's dim
- By the easel, with drafts from the rims.
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- The other day, you came to me,
- But I feel you are bored with me now.
- The somber day's over, it seemed
- You've been there for me as my spouse.
- Well, so long, I will somehow strife
- To survive till the spring with no wife.
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- The clouds, again, have today
- Returned, passing patch after patch.
- Your footprints got smudged by the rain,
- With water, are filled, by the porch.
- And it hurts watching, lonely, the flare
- Of the fall's evening vanishing glare.
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- I gasped to call after you fast:
- Please come back, you're a part of me, dear;
- As for women, there is no past
- Once love ends, you're a stranger to her;
- Well, I'll drink and let fire burn logs,
- Would be splendid to get me a dog.
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ÎÄÈÍÎ×ÅÑÒÂÎ
- È âåòåð, è äîæäèê, è ìãëà
- Íàä õîëîäíîé ïóñòûíåé âîäû.
- Çäåñü æèçíü äî âåñíû óìåðëà,
- Äî âåñíû îïóñòåëè ñàäû.
- ß íà äà÷å îäèí. Ìíå òåìíî
- Çà ìîëüáåðòîì, è äóåò â îêíî.
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- Â÷åðà òû áûëà ó ìåíÿ,
- Íî òåáå óæ òîñêëèâî ñî ìíîé.
- Ïîä âå÷åð íåíàñòíîãî äíÿ
- Òû ìíå ñòàëà êàçàòüñÿ æåíîé...
- ×òî æ, ïðîùàé! Êàê-íèáóäü äî âåñíû
- Ïðîæèâó è îäèí — áåç æåíû...
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- Ñåãîäíÿ èäóò áåç êîíöà
- Òå æå òó÷è — ãðÿäà çà ãðÿäîé.
- Òâîé ñëåä ïîä äîæäåì ó êðûëüöà
- Ðàñïëûëñÿ, íàëèëñÿ âîäîé.
- È ìíå áîëüíî ãëÿäåòü îäíîìó
-  ïðåäâå÷åðíþþ ñåðóþ òüìó.
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- Ìíå êðèêíóòü õîòåëîñü âîñëåä:
- «Âîðîòèñü, ÿ ñðîäíèëñÿ ñ òîáîé!»
- Íî äëÿ æåíùèíû ïðîøëîãî íåò:
- Ðàçëþáèëà — è ñòàë åé ÷óæîé.
- ×òî æ! Êàìèí çàòîïëþ, áóäó ïèòü...
- Õîðîøî áû ñîáàêó êóïèòü.
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