Velimir Khlebnikov poems
Velimir Khlebnikov(1885 - 1922 / Russia)
Wind Is Song
- by Velimir Khlebnikov 45
Wind is songOf whom and of what?
Of the sword's longing
To be the word.
People cherish the day of death
Like a favorite daisy.
Believe that the strings of the great
Are strummed by the East these days.
Perhaps we'll be given new pride
By the wizard of those shining mountains,
And I, of many souls captain,
Will wear a white snowcap of reason.
Rus' You Are But A Kiss In The Frost
- by Velimir Khlebnikov 43
Rus', you are but a kiss in the frost!The midnight roads are blueing.
Lips joined in a blue lightning bolt,
Clasped, he and she are blueing.
Sometimes at night lightning would spark
From the caress of two mouths.
And a bluing, languished lightning bolt
Would swiftly outline two coats.
And the night would shine intelligent and dark.