1112 - That this should feel the need of Death

Как жившим, смерть ему нужна,
Но это просто стыд –
Смешней вообразить нельзя
Иронии кульбит –

Он, обезьянничая всласть,
И в жизни, и потом
Готов великим подражать –
Ну, и отвага в нем!


That this should feel the need of Death
The same as those that lived
Is such a Feat of Irony
As never was achieved -

Not satisfied to ape the Great in his simplicity
The small must die, the same as he -
Oh the audacity –