Cross and Zero

with cross and a zero sealed the cold northern day
just like a family scandal hidden in walls
the word dissipated to needles and razor-thin tin
while angry blizzard obliged to dance on bonfire

like age old insomnia wires howl in throat
a headache, it's only a headache and nothing more
and here's the price, and the spring, and the bed and the wall
and here are the miracles, heavens, voices and eyes

the alien road with unsure and trembling left hand
crossed out with X, and circled around the sides
and i am still standing somehow and watch on and on
as high rising flight digs itself into the snow

and putrefied autumn's like ash on the  splinters of teeth
the night measures ultimate level of weariness
a headache, it's only a headache and nothing more
to stand and to watch is to simply forgive and stay mum

a cross and a zero of the empty spaces are born
in timeless house a door slammed right after mind
the word dissipated to needles and razor-thin tin
while angry blizzard obliged to dance on bonfire


оригинал: Янка Дягилева-- "Крестом и Нулём"