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Radauskas, Henrikas: Mechaniškas angelas

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Mechaniškas angelas (Lithuanian)

Mechaniško angelo pareigos nesudėtingos:

Valdyti žaibus, parnešti duonos ir vyno,

Žiūrėt pro langą, kaip sienom laipioja gaisras,

Kalbėt su lempom apie senas gadynes.

 

Mechaniško angelo pareigos nesudėtingos:

Kas šimtas metų pašert ant bokšto chimeras,

Iš lėto žengti, kad nežvangėtų metalas,

Miglom apvilkti šąlančias kariatidas.

 

Mechaniško angelo pareigos sudėtingos:

Užremti duris, neleisti Mirties į vidų,

O jai įėjus, parodyt miegantį brolį

Ir ją įtikint, kad jis neturi sielos. 



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A mechanical angel (English)

A mechanical angel's duties are not difficult:

Govern lightning bolts, bring bread and wine,

Watch through the window how flames climb the walls,

Talk with street lamps about old times.

 

A mechanical angel's duties are not difficult:

Feed chimeras in the tower every hundred years,

Step softly so the metal will not clang,

Cloak freezing caryatids with fog.

 

A mechanical angel's duties are difficult:

Blocade the door, do not let Death in,

And if she enters, show her a sleeping brother

And convince her he doesn't have a soul.



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