The Earth is one interpretation of the sky
a note in the margins of the Universe
an assertion
that the sky could be homely
...
The stars glitter like the shards of a ringing crystal glass.
Who will return this sparkling dust to its primal form?
Where did the final echo of its fall condense?
Caught in a glass of wine, does it now wander our blood?
...
As soon as you sense
that someone sees you
as a despicable toad,
consider your natural size,
...
The toothless
are rushing to splutter the truth
stuck in their gullets
Bunkum
...
It has become known
that many of us
are building a monument
to the unknown
...
Give the poet a white coat -
a camouflage coat:
as winter advances
he is a scout
...
An angel was reported at thirteen-forty hours
in a locality not normally frequented by angels;
when captured, he offered no resistance:
such apathy on the part of an angel
...
If they were to name a street after me
I wouldn't object
may it have my habit
of wandering late into blind alleys
...
Such a transparent morning
as if young people with aquariums
were running seawards
to release
...
Remember
you are still a man,
and think
how often you have behaved
...
How are we to find the distance between us
measure it in strides
in go-between figures
flickering souls
...
Once we possessed a red balloon
We filled it up with smoke
Forgetting, what we'd learn too soon:
A red balloon's no joke!
...
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.)
An Interpretation Of The Sky
The Earth is one interpretation of the sky
a note in the margins of the Universe
an assertion
that the sky could be homely
that its dwellers see different stars
for they have grounds
for different points of view
but also conditions
conducive to agreement
that's how I see it
being one of the people
each of whom
is one interpretation
of the Earth
Translated from Russian by Francis R. Jones