by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Inaya zima
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Ya pomnyu, kak det`mi, s rumyany'mi shhekami,
Po snegu xrupkomu my' begali s toboj —
Nas dobraya zima kosmaty'mi rukami
Laskala i k ognyu sgonyala nas klyukoj;
A pozdnim vecherom tvoi siyali glazki
I na tebya glyadel iz pechki ogonyok,
A nyanya staraya nam skazy'vala skazki
O tom, kak zhil da by'l na svete durachok.

No ta zima ot nas ushla s uly'bkoj maya,
I letnij zhar prosty'l — i vot, zasly'sha voj
Osennej buri, k nam idyot zima inaya,
Zima bezdushnaya — i uzh grozit klyukoj.

A nyanya staraya uzh nozhki protyanula —
I spit sebe v grobu, i dazhe ne glyadit,
Kak ty', ustalaya, k moej grudi pril`nula,
Kak budto slushaesh`, chto serdce govorit.
A serdce v e`tu noch`, kak nyanya, k detskoj laske
Neravnodushnoe, razdulo ogonyok
I na ushko tebe rasskazy'vaet skazki,
O tom, kak zhil da by'l na svete durachok.

Confirmed with Я. П. Полонский, Стихотворения. Поэмы, М., «Правда», 1986.


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