Thinking about the bygone times?!
Down by the porch is the snow thawing out.
Just like to-night, by the moonlight, alone,
Putting my cap on, the wrong way about,
I ran away, on the sly, from my home.
Now I am back in my land, oh so dear,
Some have forgotten me? Others have not?
Just like a man in disgrace I am here
Outside my house with a garden plot.
Squeezing my fur cap, a dismal newcomer,
Somehow I don"t like this sable at all.
Now I remember my granddad and grandma,
Friable snow in the graveyard and all.
All had calmed down , for we all would be there,
And no use to try to put back the clock.
That is the reason so much I care
So much I love them, my country folk.
I nearly burst out crying. I pondered.
And , forcing a smile, I stood in a fog,
Was it the very last time, I wondered
That I saw this house, this porch, and this dog?1925 Sergey Yesenin