### A Repeating Poem. My English Renditions from Joseph Brodsky

By Joseph A. Brodsky

The English Poetic Renditions by Anna Polibina-Polansky

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I do succeed as I divide myself

From other folks; I mean from my soul,

To get alienated. Hedges, shelves

And poles are no good. The mirror's role

Is all of impact. I watch gloomy features,

The bristle and the chin. The glass besieges

A couple in divorce. They get consoled.

The twilight watches my eyes and my soul.

The soil with ploughs, ponds and thrushes loud.

The hole at a wall is teethy, but,

Tucks its long nose, the entire crowd

From outer worlds. It's vainful, doors to shut.

And this world also tries  to crawl outside...

The puddles are black holes where we abide.

Do not regard a hinderance, as a plight.

We can't tell the unseen from what's at sight.

Tr. 2020