Федор Чистяков Человек и Кошка English

Standing by the window, man and cat are weeping,
As the glass is sprinkled by the dripping rain.
Rushing to the rescue, ambulance is beeping.
Man's poor brain is suffering from a cramping pain.

Through the snowy meadows the doctor hurries, hurries,
There's a healing powder in the doctor's sack.
Man and cat will take it, and the pains and worries
Will at once be lightened, never coming back.   

Man and cat are barely keeping track of daylight,
Seeing this gray ceiling where the sky was blue.
Man and cat are flying in their dreams each midnight,
But the dreams are wingless, hardly coming true.

Through the snowy meadows the doctor hurries, hurries,
There's a healing powder in the doctor's sack.
Man and cat will take it, and the pains and worries
Will at once be lifted, never coming back.

"Help me, help me, help me - where is my white rescue?" -
Man is locked up screaming to the bathroom wall.
But the wall's unheeding, and the pipes are bleeding,
And the heart is beating madly in the toilet bowl.

Through the snowy meadows the doctor hurries, hurries,
There's a healing powder in the doctor's sack.
Man and cat will take it, and the pains and worries
Will at once be over, never coming back.


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Человек и кошка плачут у окошка,
Серый дождик каплет прямо на стекло.
К человеку с кошкой едет неотложка:
Человеку бедному мозг больной свело

Доктор едет-едет сквозь снежную равнину,
Порошок целебный людям он везет,
Человек и кошка порошок тот примут
И печаль отступит и тоска пройдет.

Человек и кошка дни с трудом считают
Вместо неба синего – серый потолок.
Человек и кошка по ночам летают
Только сон не вещий – крыльев не дает.

«Где ты, где ты, где ты – белая карета?» –
В стенах туалета человек кричит.
Но не слышат стены – трубы словно вены
И бачок сливной как сердце бешено стучит.

1991