Death comes to man
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She tells him: "Master,
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You look like a cripple
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We bite with insects.
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Give up life, follow me
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It's quiet in my coffin.
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I will cover with a white shroud
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Everyone from small to large.
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Don't be sad that there will be a hole
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That science will die with you:
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The field will plow itself
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The rye will rise without a plow.
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The sun at noon will be burning,
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Closer to the evening cool.
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You, learned by experience,
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You will be white and powerful
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With square copper cross
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Sleep in a neat coffin."
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"Death, don't touch your master,"
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The man answers her. |
—
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For the sake of old age wretched
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Spare me for a moment.
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Give me a little reprieve
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Let me go. |
And there
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I am the only daughter
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I'll give you back for your work."
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Death does not cry, does not laugh,
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He takes the girl in his arms
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And, like a fire, it rushes
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And the grass bends under it
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From the hut to the gate.
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The mound stands in the field,
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The maiden in the hill makes noise:
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"It's hard to lie in a coffin,
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Both pens blackened
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Hair became like dust
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Feather grows from the breasts.
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It's hard to lie in the grave
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Sponges thin rotted,
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Instead of peephole - two circles,
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I don't have a sweet friend!"
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Death flies over the hill
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And laughs and is sad,
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He shoots from a gun
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And bowing down he says:
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"Well, baby, it's full of lies,
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Full throat in the coffin to tear!
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The world above the world exists,
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Get out of the coffin!
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Hear the wind blowing in the field,
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Night comes again.
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Sleepy Star Caravans
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They flew by, they flew by.
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Your underground post is over,
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Well, try to get up!”
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The girl waved her hands
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Didn't believe my ears
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She knocked the board out, jumped up,
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Clap! |
And burst at the seams.
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And flowing, flowing poor thing
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In the form of small intestines.
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Where was her shirt
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There was powder left.
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From all orifices of the body
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Worms look timidly
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Like little babies
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Drink pink liquid.
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There was a maiden - cabbage soup became.
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Laughter, don't laugh, wait!
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The sun will rise, the clay will crack,
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In a moment the girl will be resurrected.
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From tibia from bone
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The tree will grow
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The tree will make noise
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Sing songs about a girl
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Sing songs about a girl
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Call with a sweet voice:
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"Hush, Little Baby, Do not Say a Word,
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I love my girl!
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The wind flew into the field
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The moon turned white in the sky.
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The men in the huts are sleeping,
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They have many kittens.
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And every cat
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The gates were red
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They have blue fur coats,
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All in golden boots,
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All in golden boots,
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Very, very expensive…”
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Nikolay Zabolotsky |