I am awfully bored, I am simply without strength.
And thoughts come - tempting, disturbing, -
That somebody somewhere would invite me
And there I should see something specific!..

And what exactly - I really do not know.
All bet for the wager:
"Read for a while", - I sit down and read,
"Play for a while", - now I play with the kitten, -
All the same I’m awfully bored!
Sir! Take Alice with you!

I so wished, I wished
Somewhen, somehow to go out of the house -
And suddenly disclosing above in the depth,
Within and without - where everything is different! ..

And what exactly - I really do not know.
All bet for the wager:
"Read for a while", - now I play with the kitten,
"Play for a while", - I sit down and read, -
All the same I’m awfully bored!
Sir! Take Alice with you!

May it come at home to a tumult,
And if penalty threatens - I agree, -
I close my eyes, count to three...
What will be, what will be! I am terribly excited!

And what exactly - I really do not know.
Everything is in a jumble in the midday heat:
Read for a while? - I sit down and play,
Play for a while? - Now, I read with the kitten, -
All the same I’m bored awfully!
Sir! Take Alice with you.!