Saloobin sa isang Binibini
ni Vladimir Mayakovsky
Malayang salin ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
Pinaghalawan: marxists.org
Ang gabing iyon ay pagpapasiya
kung siya at ako
ay magiging magkasintahan.
Sa lambong
ng kadiliman
walang makakita, nakikita mo.
Yumukod ako, iyon ang totoo
at tulad ng ginawa ko,
iyon ang totoo, isinusumpa ko,
sabi ko
tulad ng isang mabait na magulang:
"Ang pag-ibig ay isang kahibangan -
kaya maaari bang
lumayo ka?
Lumayo ka,
pakiusap! "
Attitude To A Miss
by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Source: 20th Century Russian Literature.
That night was to decide
if she and I
were to be lovers.
Under cover
of darkness
no one would see, you see.
I bent over her, it’s the truth,
and as I did,
it’s the truth, I swear it,
I said
like a kindly parent:
“Passion’s a precipice –
so won’t you please
move away?
Move away,
please!”
