Koshkar

perevod Konstantina Sokolova

Otdnevélos'. Vétvar' knóchil, 
V travakh pryatalas' zvarya 
I zveztichek mlechnyj roscherk 
T'moporkhal, pokoj darya... 

"Syn, lyuboj strashitsya nochi, 
T'ma presonnaya vrazhit, 
I ne stanet zhmurit' ochi 
Vsyak, kto zhizn'yu dorozhit." 

No, opast'yu ne ispuzhen, 
Ne strashayas' temnoty, 
Dnya trudami ooruzhen, 
Shel snamcam on drat' khvosty. 

Vdrug! Somnegoj nadushilsya, 
S pyat do pasti vzhivshis' v pled, 
Akh! dobrun Koshkar prisnilsya, 
Milyj drug puglivykh let. 

Raz! Koshkar, smutyas' otporom, 
Ognezhalil nezhnost' t'my. 
Dva! Uvlekshis' strashnym sporom 
Ne sbereg Koshkar glavy. 

"Slavnyj mal'chik, spi spokojno, 
Ne vernetsya zloj Koshkar. 
Ty v lenivchestve dostojnom 
Sny sbereg ot novykh svar!" 

Otdnevelos'. Vetvar' knochil, 
V travakh pryatalas' zvarya 
I zveztichek mlechnyj roscherk 
T'moporkhal, pokoj darya... 

2002
vpervye opublikovano Centrolitom