Don’t pay attention to my youthful age And there’s no point for you to be so cheeky. At thirty three Christ learned the Judas wage, And I was sold when I just passed my eighteen. For Christ it’s easier: He could still believe The other fellows that were His eleven. But my whole term I’m trying to perceive: Who is the one who put me there forever?
© Kirill Tolmachev. Translation, 2022