Vasilisk Gnedov (1890-1978)

Translated by Emilia Loseva and Danny Winkler

ROADSIDE BROODING

Rhapsoda

Oh! Oak—white—white—

Imperis gianty rise Upheight—

Brush in overleaf thoughts—lance—

Chime of rollicksing trace dance...

Spitspeckled leafage into Dove—

Scourged skies flashed into leafage...

Ah! Oaks—whitehares—rusthairs,

Hark pipes, bristle,

Oaky boughy whistlairs...

Oh! Oak—white—white—

The brush of pipes on the roadside...

                                                                          1913