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    Epitaph on a Tyrant → Russian translation

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Epitaph on a Tyrant

Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after,
And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand,
And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter,
And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
 
Translation

Надгробие властителю

"Стремиться к идеалу!" он вещал.
Пример показывал, пиитам и витиям.
Людские слабости он ведал, по наитью,
В примасы армию и флот избрал...
Катались по полу сенаторы, коль весел.
От слёз его - младенцев мор по весям
 
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