2019.01.21.
In a foreign land/ In a Strange Land
Versions: #2How far the foreign land
Else it seems stretched out
How frightful the foreigner
Else he seems looking
How far the alien land
Yet it seems stretched out
How frightful the alien one
He seems looking back
When I recall the Yenisei River
It seems a lasso pole’s length
When I recall my girl-friend
She seems waking up from sleep
When I recall the Lesser Yenisei
It seems a handspan’s length
When I recall my beloved friend
She seems smiling softly
When I recall the Greater Yenisei
It seems like a wrist’s length
When I recall my one and only
She seems pretending not to know
How frightful!