The Floating Worlds of Erik Johannson

That's from Daniil Harms!

http://stihi-rus.ru/1/harms/31.htm

Neschastnaya koshka porezala lapky -
Stoit i ni shagu ne moget stupit'.
Skorey, choby vylechit' koshkinu lapku,
Vozdushnye shariki nuzhno kupit'.
I srazu stolpilsia narod u dorogy -
Shumit i krichit i na koshku gliadit.
A koshka otchasti id'ot po doroge,
Otchasti po vozdukhu plavno letit.

Woe to the cat, as she cut her paw
She can't walk at all, not a single step.
Quickly, to cure the poor paw,
A bunch of balloons we need.

And now a crowd stands by the road
The people are cheering and look at the cat.
The cat is half walking along on the road,
Half flying on air as smooth as can be.

Posted by Arkadiy Belousov at August 30, 2009 7:25 PM