Отречение [Otrechenie] [English translation]

Trees change leaves

Snakes change the skin

Cyclone and wind come

And change their direction

How fluently flow

Elastic, unsteady shapes

it seems like you haven't noticed

How you committed renunciation

You just turn away

And the sky is already different

And all that seemed clear

Has become doubtful

Halos fade and die out

And trembling goes away drop by drop

There's little left

Before you commit renunciation

Do exist

The flowers never-fading

The eyes which look onto the sun

And not go blind?

Do exist

Those marvelous countries

Where halos don't die out

Where paints don't grow dim?

Slowly, unnoticeably

Cardinal direction displace

Seas, islands, continents

Change their shapes

And every pole

Invisibly transforms

And every atom of happiness

Has own expiration date

Do exist

The flowers never-fading

The eyes which look onto the sun

And not go blind?

Do exist

Those marvellous countries

Where halos don't die out

Where paints don't grow dim?