Don't call. Without any summons I'll reach the shrine. And droop my head in even silence To your feet fine. I will your orders shyly listen And will remain To catch our meetings, short and instant, And wish again. I fell before your passions' power, Before its wave, Sometimes -- a serf; sometimes -- a lover; Always -- a slave. Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, December, 1994 Edited by Dmitry Karshtedt, February, 2001