It oftentimes comes to pass
Amid the thorns and briars of our earthly being...

O Father Elohim, King Christ, beneficent Allah,
Be thou the Magnificence of the hearts and souls...

An anti-ode to Russia
Being once begotten of thy worthless loins...

In the loving memory of Mussa Jalil
O Moses of the hard infernal days! The martyr...

The Adam's rib, the Eve's daughter; of clay thou...
This day is yours, and we desire, that thou be...

O righteous God, kind-hearted and immortal!
Behold the daughter of thy Kingdom Come...

You pass through the prism of the Time,
Thine life is a segment of it...

I love thee not, o land of high hypocrisy,
My country of the totalitarian democracy...

To L. Ya.
Adieu! I no more desire...

I'd like to stop the Earth
To be summer always...

The scent of blooming apple-trees
Fills all my heart with finest booze...

One sage, who talked with inspiration,
Was asked a philosophic question...