Life's deception with bewitching anguish,
And the reason why she is so strong,
Is that life writes in a rough handwriting
Fatal characters on her board.

And each time when I close my eyes
This I say: “You just touch my heart.
Life’s deception, but she sometimes
Dresses lie in the joys so bright.

Lift your face up to that gray sky,
Telling fortunes by moon as a guide,
Calm, you mortal, don’t ever ask
For the truth that you need not much.”

It is nice in a bird cherry blizzard
Just to think that our life is a path.
Easy girls, let them cheat, see no reason,
Easy friends, let me down - I don’t mind.

Let them fondle with word full of kindness,
Let ill tongue be as sharp as a knife, -
I have lived long prepared for what's coming,
I got ruthlessly used to what's life.

Soul is chilled when it looks up to heaven,
And no warmth emanates from stars' flame.
Whom I loved have denied and betrayed me,
Who were breath of my life left me pain.

Still I’m here, ever pushed, ever driven,
Watching dawn with a wistful smile,
On this land so close to me and dear
For everything I’m grateful to this life!

August 1925