водопад

Centimeter
Feb 23, 2017 · 1 min read

or, proof that Russian does not always automatically rhyme. Take that, Pasha. To the rest of the world: apologies for bad grammar and ignorance of connotation.

Я опаздывала
Но, сейчас жду
жду
жду
И пишу эти
Чахлые слова
Почему что мой
Лексикон не
Большой достаточно
В никакой язык
Не глубокий достаточно,
Не широкий достаточно,
Говорить
Но, эти иностранные буквы
Могут течь,
Даже водопад;
И не крушить
На скалах
как смысл.

Translation, because between poetry and google translate and bad grammar, I doubt there’s any way to obtain a clear interpretation from a non-human:

Waterfall

I was late,

But I am waiting,

waiting

waiting

I and writing these

Stunted words

Because my lexicon

is not large enough

in any language,

Not deep enough

not wide enough

To speak.

But, these foreign letters,

May at least flow

like some waterfall,

and not shatter

on the rocks

like the meanings.

Centimeter

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