В итальянской опере [V ital'yanskoj opere] [English translation]

Bravo, bis, signora

Your high soprano,

is splendid and incomparable

you are the hight of dreams

in our bleak feelings

amongst our empty everyday concerns

But after the intermission and this performance,

I leave this half-dimmed darkness

and your Hall

Surface into the cold of the dark night

and tiredly refresh in my thoughts Your debut

Bravo to you, signora

Your undisputed success

would have been worth nothing to a star like you

had in this Hall

you were not universally adored,

that sure would have been surprising

And here am I again, in this lodge box,

Swimming in it like in a boat,

around, the sea of the opera-stage,

and only You.

But after the intermission and this performance,

I leave this half-dim darkness

and your Hall

and surface into the lows of the dark night

and tiredly refresh in my thoughts your success