| My caravan marched through the desert
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| My caravan marched through the desert
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| The first camel was sadly thinking about something,
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| And the rest echoed him.
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| And so they shook their heads,
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| As if they knew about something, but were silent,
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| As if they knew about something, but did not know:
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| How to tell when, why, to whom ...
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| The snakes rustled among the sand and heat...
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| What is it there? |
| What is it there?
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| White ship, gear interlacing,
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| Bright flag, blue wake ...
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| From under my arm I look there, blinking:
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| That's her! |
| Again - Fata Morgana!
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| These are her colorful dreams
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| This is her mobile theatre!
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| My path is far. |
| There is languor on everything.
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| I was sad: they don't send letters from home...
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| "Spit on everything! |
| Learn, brother, from a camel!” |
| —
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| A friend will say, clapping on the shoulder.
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| But in my heart I will send him to the camel,
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| But I - in my hearts - will send him to the camel:
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| And I won't learn from you, they say,
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| And I don't want a camel either.
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| A friend walked away and, to hide the insult,
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| I took out the book, shabby in appearance,
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| With a dirty cut, in a colorful binding,
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| A book about the fact that grief is not a problem ...
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| ...Right, I'll leave! |
| Hire a Fata Morgana:
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| I'll be a jester in a magic booth,
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| And you will never find me:
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| After all, there is no trace of magic wheels.
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| But the caravan kept moving through the desert,
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| But the caravan marched through the desert,
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| There was a caravan and went through the desert,
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| I went because grief is not a problem. |