Araneum

Okutan sumrakom lesnym, ya prisuzhden k toske
I dni i nochi u kresta
Molyu, vernis' ko mne!
Na moĭ muchitel'nyĭ vopros -
Lish' volchiĭ voĭ v otvet
Pod aksamitom etih plit
tebya davno uzh net
No vspyhnul sgustok teni vdrug,
Siyaya nagotoĭ,
Viden'em nochi ty vstaesh'
v listve peredo mnoĭ
I zhizni prozhitoĭ potok
Vskipaet s novoĭ siloĭ,
L'et volny dikih, mrachnyh grez
i zapah pautiny…

V etot chernyĭ les
My voshli, slovno v ranu nozh,
Belyh liliĭ prah razmyvaet holodnyĭ dozhd'

Pust' zhelaniĭ yad
Nas izbavit ot tlennyh muk,
I otkroyut kriptu desyatki fantomnyh ruk

Aditum nocendi perfido praestat fides
Chistaya krov' mne milyeĭ
Ukrasheniĭ,
Zdes' i dlya tebya -
Zvezdnyĭ hor iskusheniĭ

Tomnyĭ potseluĭ,
Krik vo t'me beskonechnoĭ,
Net puti nazad, eto budet s toboĭ vechno
…I molchat holmy,
Pustyri i doliny,
Mnogo tysyach let
Pod vual'yu pautiny…