Marina Tsvetaeva

Two suns are cooling - O save me, God!
The first - in heavens, the second - in heart.
Will I have an excuse for that? -
Both suns made me fully mad!
No pain from the beams - they're lost!
Hotter sun will be frozen first.


Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, April 1994,
Edited by Dmitry Karshtedt, July 1996.