| Старики (original) | Старики (translation) |
|---|---|
| Помилуй, Боже, стариков, | Have mercy, God, old people, |
| Их головы и руки, | Their heads and hands |
| Мне слышен стук их башмаков | I hear the sound of their shoes |
| На мостовых разлуки. | On the bridges of separation. |
| Помилуй, Боже, стариков, | Have mercy, God, old people, |
| Их шавок, васек, мосек, | Their mongrel, vasek, mosek, |
| Пучок петрушки и морковь, | A bunch of parsley and carrots, |
| И дырочки авосек. | And car holes. |
| Прости им злые языки | Forgive them evil tongues |
| И слабые сосуды, | And weak vessels |
| И звук разбитой на куски | And the sound of being broken into pieces |
| Фарфоровой посуды, | porcelain utensils, |
| И пожелтевшие листки | And yellowed leaves |
| Забытого романа, | forgotten romance, |
| И золотые корешки | And golden roots |
| Мюссе и Мопассана. | Musset and Maupassant. |
| Ветхи, как сами старики, | Dilapidated, like the old people themselves, |
| Немодны их одежды, | Their clothes are unfashionable, |
| Их каблуки, их парики — | Their heels, their wigs |
| Как признаки надежды. | as signs of hope. |
| На них не ляжет пыль веков — | The dust of centuries will not fall on them - |
| Они не из таковских. | They are not one of those. |
| Помилуй, Боже, стариков, | Have mercy, God, old people, |
| Помилуй, Боже, стариков, | Have mercy, God, old people, |
| Особенно московских… | Especially Moscow... |
