Кумир и дети - Настя Полева

Дети на холме, созерцая горы,

Сидя меж камней, затевали споры.

Сколько лет унесут странствия кумира.

И куда приведут три дороги мира.

Не было вестей все четыре лета.

Ждали, как гостей, знака и ответа.

Там, далеко, снес кумир Башни Гнева.

Там, нелегко нес кумир цепи девы.

Там…

Слезы лил на дне, колесил ступени,

Замерзал во сне, не сгибал колени.

Повидал лунный бал, черные березы,

В роднике омывал каменные розы.

Различал во тьме черные узоры.

Собирал в огне девичьи уборы.

Там, далеко, снес кумир Башни Гнева.

Там, нелегко нес кумир цепи девы.

Там…

Талисман любви, что дарили дети,

Меченый сапфир жег лучами сети.

Что тянули ко дну, путая довольных,

Что губили в плену пламенных и вольных.

Талисман любви — память о рассвете.

Меченный сапфир, преданные дети…

Children on the hill, contemplating the mountains,

Sitting between the stones, they started arguing.

How many years will take away the wanderings of the idol.

And where the three roads of the world will lead.

There was no news all four years.

They were waiting, like guests, for a sign and an answer.

There, far away, he took down the idol of the Tower of Wrath.

There, the idol of the maiden's chain was not easily carried.

There…

Tears poured at the bottom, traveled the steps,

He froze in his sleep, did not bend his knees.

I saw a moon ball, black birches,

In the spring he washed stone roses.

He could make out black patterns in the darkness.

Collected girls' clothes in the fire.

There, far away, he took down the idol of the Tower of Wrath.

There, the idol of the maiden's chain was not easily carried.

There…

The talisman of love that children gave

The tagged sapphire burned the nets with rays.

What was pulled to the bottom, confusing the satisfied,

That they destroyed the fiery and free in captivity.

The talisman of love is the memory of the dawn.

Labeled sapphire, devoted children...