Mr. Aa the Antiphilosopher.
(Стихи Тристана Тцара, перевод на английский – Lee Harwood)
1.
Captain!
the thunderbolts, the full might of the waterfall menaces us, the knot of serpents, the cat-o-nine-tails, triumphantly march into countries contaminated with continual strife;

Captain!

all the accusations of ill-treated animals, yawn, in bites above the bed, in rose-windows of blood, the rain of stone teeth and the excrement stains in the cages shroud us in endless snowline cloaks;

Captain!

the brightness of the coal [bad word] seal, lightning, insect under your eyes, the squadrons of [bad word] people, the monsters on wheels, the screams of mechanical sleepwalkers, the liquid stomachs on silver salvers, the [bad word] of carnivorous flowers will [bad word] the simple country day and the cinema of your sleep;

Captain!

beware of blue eyes.