Альфред Деблин «Берлин-Александерплац»: Коль хочешь,человече новый, субъектом пола...

Alfred Deblin Berlin-Alexanderplatz:

If you want a new man,
become a male subject of gender--
consider this matter ripe
while the midwife boldly
didn't bring you into the light--
this world is the vale of great misfortunes.
Believe the author of these lines,
Which is already a considerable period
He chews his bread in this world.
It is not without reason that Goethe said:
“Everything is gloomy in fleeting life,
Only the embryo lives carelessly! ”
power holding you
From birth, loves
No matter where you go
For everything - the law, for everything - the ban,
Give me all the money
open your mouth less.
That's how you live in a dull
in some eternal funky
and if you want in angry longing
leave grief in the tavern--
then after a lot of fun
the next morning a hangover awaits you ....
And so it goes year after year
You flashed, became a freak
rafters creaking annoyingly
masculine strength dropped
sour gruel of brains,
still a little - and ready.
You’re quick to get to the point of autumn,
drop the spoon, die.
Now let’s ask another question-
with what can we compare our life?
The great Schiller said so--
she is not the highest of blessings ......
and I enlightened for a long time--
life is a barn where everything is r .... but