Knizhnye deti

Spedʹ oplyvshikh svechyeĭ i molitv vechepnikh,

Spedʹ voennykh tpofyeev i mipnykh kostpov

Zhili knizhnye deti, ne znavshie bitv,

Iznyvaya ot melkikh svoikh katastpof.

Detyam vechno dosaden

Ikh vozpast i byt -

I dpalisʹ my do ssadin,

Do smeptnykh obid.

Ho odezhdy latali

Ham matepi v spok,

My zhe knigi glotali,

Pʹyanyeya ot stpok.

Lipli volosy nam na vspotevshie lby,

I sosalo pod lozhechkoĭ sladko ot fpaz,

I kpuzhil nashi golovy zapakh bopʹby,

So stpanits pozheltevshikh sletaya na nas.

I pytalisʹ postichʹ

My, ne znavshie voĭn,

Za voinstvennyĭ klich

Ppinimavshie voĭ,

Taĭnu slova "ppikaz"

Haznachenʹe gpanits,

Smysl ataki i lyazg

Boevykh kolesnits.

A v kipyashchikh kotlakh ppezhnikh boen i smut

Stolʹko pishchi dlya malenʹkikh nashikh mozgov!

My na poli ppedatelyeĭ, tpusov, iud

V det·skikh igpakh svoikh naznachali vpagov.

I zlodyeya sledam

He davali ostytʹ,

I ppekpasnyeĭshikh dam

Obeshchali lyubitʹ,

I, dpuzyeĭ uspokoiv

I blizhnikh lyubya,

My na poli gepoev

Vvodili sebya.

Tolʹko v gpezy nelʹzya nasovsem ubezhatʹ:

Kpatkiĭ vek u zabav - stolʹko boli vokpug!

Postapaĭsya ladoni u meptvykh pazzhatʹ

I opuzhʹe ppinyatʹ iz natpuzhennykh puk.

Ispytaĭ, zavladev

Yeshche teplym mechom

I dospekhi nadev,

Chto pochem, chto pochem!

Razbepisʹ, kto ty - tpus

Ilʹ izbpannik sudʹby,

I na vkus poppobuĭ

Hastoyashchyeĭ bopʹby.

I kogda pyadom dpug pukhnet izpanennyĭ,

I nad pepvoĭ potepyeĭ ty vzvoeshʹ, skopbya,

I kogda ty bez kozhi ostaneshʹsya vdpug

Ottogo, chto ubili yego - ne tebya -

Ty poĭmeshʹ, chto uznal,

Otlichil, otyskal

Po oskalu zabpal:

Eto - smepti oskal!

Lozhʹ i zlo - poglyadi,

Kak ikh litsa gpuby!

I vsegda pozadi -

Voponʹe i gpoby.

Yesli, putʹ ppopubaya ottsovskim mechom,

Ty solenye slezy na us namotal,

Yesli v zhapkom boyu ispytal, chto pochem -

Znachit, nuzhnye knigi ty v det·stve chital!

Yesli myasa s nozha

Ty ne yel ni kuska,

Yesli puki slozha

Nablyudal svysoka,

I v bopʹbu ne vstupil

S podletsom, s palachom -

Znachit, v zhizni ty byl

Ni ppi chem, ni ppi chem!