Haldor  Volcano




Devotion

(Epiphany)




Translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov



Last time you were dressed in white 
It was so becoming to you! 
It's been a few months now, 
And you're still there. 
But now you are wearing 
a different dress 
And red ear-rings. 
You're waiting for someone... 
But he never comes... 
Oblivious of yourself, 
In a somber mood, 
You think about him, 
Unconscious of the birds 
Pecking your ear-rings. 
Whom are you waiting for? 
Who is he, the one 
You have fallen in love with? 
Tell me please, 
Cherry-tree outside my window...