Когда я стоял на распутье,
спросил путник: "Знаешь ли ты
про этот таинственный город,
который стоит впереди?"
Спросил я: "На что был похож
тот город, где ты побывал?",
"Ужасней не видел я места!",
"И этот такой же!", сказал
Как только ушел чужестранец,
другой подошел за ним вслед,
"Скажи, в этом городе буду
теплом дружелюбным согрет?"
Спросил я: "На что был похож
тот город, где ты побывал?"
"Нет города лучше на свете!"
"И этот такой же!", сказал
The Place Ahead
I was standing at a crossroad
When a man came to me and said,
"Can you tell me what it's like
In the town up ahead?"
I asked him what it had been like
In the town through which he'd passed.
He said it had been a dreadful place.
I said: "You'll find the next place like the last,"
As soon as he was gone from me
Another man came by;
He too asked if the place ahead
Was a good place in which to stay.
I asked him what it had been like
In the town through which he'd passed.
He said it had been wonderful.
I said"You'll find the next place like the last."