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ВЕРА / "Faith", by Felix Krivin

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ВЕРА

Кажется Песчинке, что она
Выполняет важное задание:
Без нее бы рухнула стена,
Без нее бы обвалилось здание.

FAITH

A Grain of Sand thinks
That she is carrying out an important task:
Without her, the wall would fall,
Without her, the building would crumple down. 


И не нужно на неё пенять,
Ни к чему пускаться в рассуждения:
Крепче будет здание стоять
От ее, Песчинки, заблуждения.

And there's no need to upbraid her,
Or to go into long discussions:
The building will stand all the stronger
Because of her, the Grain of Sand's, self-deception. 

(Felix Krivin, from his book "Kaleidoscope", published in 1965)

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