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I'll be erased like a sketch

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I'll be erased like a sketch
written by Oleg Prokofiev
See Poems. From "The Scent of Absence" («Отпечаток отсутствия», 1995). Translated by Richard Shaw.


R. Shaw:


I'll be erased like a sketch …

 * * *

I'll be erased like a sketch
like a knot I shall be undone
my words will leave
about their business
and in my place, not quite a nothing
but a wind will blow lightly
and a star will shine

Publ. 2000

O. Prokofiev:


я сотрусь как рисунок...


 * * *

я сотрусь как рисунок
как узел распутаюсь
слова разойдутся
по своим делам
взамен не то что ничего
а ветер будет дуть слегка
и звезда лучиться

Опубл. 1995

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