These are my modern English translations of poems by Russian poets...
Vera Pavlova English Translations of Russian Poems
I shattered your heart;
now I limp through the shards
barefoot.
—Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter? a beast.
......
There was a time when America was prosperous…
It was a time when American life was good…
It was a time when families prayed together…
We lived as one proud nation, as we should…
We used to travel across our great country…
As a family, together on holiday trips…
Gas was affordable and available everywhere…
Unlike today, with the oil apocalypse…
......
I was sent to Moscow on assignment...
In the dead of the cold, dark winter...
Searching for the perfect escort...
I found myself near the Kremlin...
We saw each other from a distance...
Her beauty was totally breathtaking...
But this assignment was extremely important...
I had to remain steadfast and focused...
......
What did I do,
Quite the disaster, but if only they knew
The depth of the hole I find myself in,
Thank goodness ambition is no mortal sin.
I seriously thought this thing would be fast,
A simple invasion, a side show, a blast,
Over by dinner then pop the Champagne,
Ukraine by name only, Russia’s domain.
......
These are my modern English translations of poems by Russian poets...
Vera Pavlova English Translations of Russian Poems
I shattered your heart;
now I limp through the shards
barefoot.
—Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter? a beast.
......
What did I do,
Quite the disaster, but if only they knew
The depth of the hole I find myself in,
Thank goodness ambition is no mortal sin.
I seriously thought this thing would be fast,
A simple invasion, a side show, a blast,
Over by dinner then pop the Champagne,
Ukraine by name only, Russia’s domain.
......
There was a time when America was prosperous…
It was a time when American life was good…
It was a time when families prayed together…
We lived as one proud nation, as we should…
We used to travel across our great country…
As a family, together on holiday trips…
Gas was affordable and available everywhere…
Unlike today, with the oil apocalypse…
......
I was sent to Moscow on assignment...
In the dead of the cold, dark winter...
Searching for the perfect escort...
I found myself near the Kremlin...
We saw each other from a distance...
Her beauty was totally breathtaking...
But this assignment was extremely important...
I had to remain steadfast and focused...
......