One thing that we learned in our time full of shame.
We all know to cringe when we hear evil's name:
Oh please do not blame us
For justly infamous: Tsar Hippo-po-tamus!
...
Disappearance. In due course it becomes obvious
How sorry you are even for a cloud floating away. Flowers' disappearance
Embarrasses a sensitive soul, though
The garden itself remains as cool as a cucumber. Disappearance of snow
...
During my long life
the night's darkness
remains unchanget
but it does seem as if
...
Every night
the dead one
lifts the lid of the coffin
and checks with the touch of his fingers:
...
Einst wird unsre Zeit uns danken.
Daß wir dem gemeinen blanken
Bösen auf die Schliche kamen:
Hippopotamos mit Namen.
...
ചിറകുകൾ
കണ്ടുപിടിക്കും
മുമ്പ്
മനുഷ്യൻ കൂട്
...
If rabbits were armed
to kill wolves
would the rabbits
having killed the wolves
...
Dire our age, each day - a mess;
Don't despair, though, I implore.
...
'My Face' in Chinese
...
I am the wolf wolf
I am the winter night wolf wolf
My footsteps serve the spirit of snow
I am the master of crackling someone's bones
...
Vyacheslav Kupriyanov is one of the most skilful and stimulating of contemporary Russian poets. Kupriyanov's verses are fairy tales for adults - tiny myths that represent a starting amalgamation of knowledge and fancy, irony and melancholy, as well as elegance and simlicity of spirit. Viacheslav Kupriyanov graduated in 1967 from the Moscow Foreign Languages Institute. A member of the Russian & Serbian Writers Unions. He has published several collections of his own poetry and prose. European Literature Prize,1988, Yugoslavia. Bunin-Prize,2010, Russia; " Poet of the Year 2012" , Russia. Prize " European Atlas of Poetry" 2017, Respublika Serbska.; Naji Naaman prizes,2018 (Japan) .) . " Golden Key of Smederevo" , Serbia,2021. Last Russian book - " ? Controversies" , Moscow, BSG-press,2019. Books In English: " In Anyone's Tongue" , Forest books, London,1992; " Duet of Iron" . Junpa Books, Kyoto, English - Japanese,2018. Spanish: 'Las Piramidas de Egipto', Fundacion El Libro Total. E-Book https: //www.ellibrototal.com/ltotal/ficha.jsp? idLibro=17403 In Germany: «Das Wirbeln der grossen Welt», Ein Lesebuch von Wjatscheslaw Kuprijanow, BEKKERpublishing,2021, ISBN: 9783753162584 'Fuer den unbekannten Feigling', Gedichte und Prosa-Gedichte, Russisch/Deutsch, Pop-Verlag Ludwigsburg) ,2021. Last Books - Vjatjeslav Kuprijanov, HUR MAN BLIR EN GIRAFF (How to become to giraffe) poetry, FAETHON, Stockholm, Swiss,2022. " Vairudhyalu' [in Telugu]. pothi.com, https: //store.pothi.com/book/r-d-akella-vairudhyalu/,2022; India 'Pratidhvani', Akella's Telugu translation of Kupriyanov's Russian poems; Print Book Genre: Poetry Language: Telugu,2023'. Kupriyanov's poetry as a fascinating syntesys of lyricism and philosophy. He suggested not only free verse but, in actuality, a new way of thinking.)
Singing Lesson
Man
invented the cage
before
inventing wings
In cages
the winged sing
of the freedom
of flight
Before the cages
the wingless sing
of the justice
of cages
Translated from Russian by Francis R.Jones
from the book 'In Anyone's Tongue', Forest book, London,1992