Aleksandr Blok

I�ve to return to my great battle;
Revive my spirit, sleep my flesh!
Let�s change with days, in prayers settled,
All these days of the happy flash!

But let�s save, in our soul, gladness
Of those so happy days,
Caresses of the black-eyed maiden
And the footlights� enchanting blaze.

Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, October, 2002