Юлий Ким, Необитаемый остров English
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–What if you shortly find yourself
Far offshore, on an island?
How will you likely hold out there,
No cook nor nurse beside you?
– Well, I will look for someone else.
– Would have been great, had there been,
But we’re aware that
This cut off isle is
This cut off isle is
This cut off isle is
Unpopulated!
– Unpopulated?
–That is, absolutely.
No mattresses, nor pillows by,
And not a single bedstead.
– I can as well sleep in the grass.
– You’ll catch pneumonia that way.
(A fire, a fire, a fire, a fire)
– In this case, I can make a fire…
– But we suggest that
This cut off isle is
This cut off isle is
This cut off isle is
Unpopulated!
– What! Unpopulated at all, is it?
– That is, absolutely.
No one will offer any aid,
No one will gather firewood,
No one will cook up anything
With no campfire enkindled.
– And I will go and find an axe.
– And what’ll, then, come about?
Beside a pine, the axe will swing
And hit your leg instead!
Any tips on how to gather nuts? And mushrooms?
– No, I haven’t.
– Fitted, as to outsmart a crocodile?
– No, I’m not.
(Don’t be afraid, we’ll rescue you)
How shall we likely rescue him,
When we suggest that
This cut off isle is unpopulated?
– And I... And I... And I...
And you are sitting on the isle.
It’s warm, and calm, and boring.
You’re lonely, growing thin with
Every hour, day after day.
– But why am I? Why am I?
– Because your problem
Because your problem
Because your problem
Is that you never ever have
Done anything yourself!!!
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