Every moment of Petrozavodsk,
I desire to take with me.
Nail, a playbill, light from the street,
even your air - like a draught.
And on the lake the water ripples,
as if you never could repeat it.
And on your waters sunlight's patch
hardly the fairest verse could match.
Oh I want to find myself there,
even if coach there is severe.
Seller there talks with you, like friend
not like here - all self-contained.
I am turning my head around,
to remember you better! You!
to me you are - like paradise,
All the same that that land is poor.
***
Каждый миг твой, Петрозаводск,
я хочу унести с собой.
Свет от улиц, афишу, гвоздь.
даже воздух твой, как глоток.
И на озере рябь воды,
будто это - не повторить.
И дороже мне каждый блик
на воде, чем прекрасный стих.
Я хочу оказаться там,
даже если там жёстк диван.
Там с тобой говорит продавец,
а не замкнуты все, как здесь.
Я верчу головой всегда,
чтоб запомнить тебя! Тебя!
для меня ты всегда - как рай,
и не важно, что бедный край.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I know I'm missing something because I don't know the significance of Petrozavodsk, but I still find this poem very persuasive and the tone is lovely. I feel very contented in the presence of this poem and I don't fully understand why. It just is! The line YOU TO ME ARE LIKE PARADISE sweeps through me and I too want to be there.