Like everyone, we can be cheerful or having blues, But if we have to choose and it痴 a hard choice to make - The wooden suits we choose, - People! People! For God sake! For a long time they値l suggest to us not to miscalculate: "Oh, - they値l say, - come on! You have not lived yet! You still have to go long-long way!.." - Well, and after they will offer: either this or that. Either beaches, vernissages, or even Ships, with holds full of goods, Crews, horse races, routs, voyages - Or simply wooden suits. And they will be cheerful or having blues, And a role of angry jesters and kind judges they will play, - But we will be offered wooden suits, - People! People! For God sake! They even will offer us to smoke a cigarette; "Oh, - they値l remember,-after all, how long since you had a drag! So you have not started to live yet!.." - Well, and after they will offer: either this or that. The smoke of cigarette reminds me of something, - One drag and more cheerful the thoughts. I crave for smoking! Oh, how I crave for smoking! But we must choose the wooden suits. And they値l be polite and so affectionate - They値l offer happy life on the plate, - But we値l refuse and they beat so bad People! People! People! For God sake!
Anatoli Trojanowski. Translation, 2018