531 - We dream - it is good we are dreaming

Íàì ñíèòñÿ – ñëàâíî, ÷òî ñíèòñÿ –
Âî ñíå òåàòðàëüíî áîëèò –
Ðàçèò, èãðàÿ, óáèéöà –
Èãðàÿ, æåðòâà êðè÷èò –

Ìû â ñíàõ ïîãèáàåì ïîâåðõíîñòíî –
Âåðíî, ÷òî áðûçæåò êðîâü –
Íî ñìåðòü ïðîèñõîäèò â äðàìå,
À äðàìà ââåê íå óìðåò –

Âñå æ îñòîðîæíåå ðàíüòå –
À âäðóã îòêðîåì ãëàçà –
Îêàæåòñÿ, ÷òî íå ôàíòàçèÿ –
È êàêîâî æå òîãäà

Îñòûòü äî êóñêîâ ãðàíèòà,
Ãäå èìÿ äà ïàðà äàò –
Ïëþñ íåñêîëüêî ñëîâ ïî-åãèïåòñêè –
Ïðåäóñìîòðèòåëüíåé ñïàòü –


We dream — it is good we are dreaming —
It would hurt us — were we awake —
But since it is playing — kill us,
And we are playing — shriek —

What harm? Men die — externally —
It is a truth — of Blood —
But we — are dying in Drama —
And Drama — is never dead —

Cautious — We jar each other —
And either — open the eyes —
Lest the Phantasm — prove the Mistake —
And the livid Surprise

Cool us to Shafts of Granite —
With just an Age — and Name —
And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian —
It's prudenter — to dream —