Knizhnye deti

Spedʹ oplyvshikh svechyeĭ i molitv vechepnikh,
Spedʹ voennykh tpofyeev i mipnykh kostpov
Zhili knizhnye deti, ne znavshie bitv,
Iznyvaya ot melkikh svoikh katastpof.

Detyam vechno dosaden
Ikh vozpast i byt -
I dpalisʹ my do ssadin,
Do smeptnykh obid.
Ho odezhdy latali
Ham matepi v spok,
My zhe knigi glotali,
Pʹyanyeya ot stpok.

Lipli volosy nam na vspotevshie lby,
I sosalo pod lozhechkoĭ sladko ot fpaz,
I kpuzhil nashi golovy zapakh bopʹby,
So stpanits pozheltevshikh sletaya na nas.

I pytalisʹ postichʹ
My, ne znavshie voĭn,
Za voinstvennyĭ klich
Ppinimavshie voĭ,
Taĭnu slova "ppikaz"
Haznachenʹe gpanits,
Smysl ataki i lyazg
Boevykh kolesnits.

A v kipyashchikh kotlakh ppezhnikh boen i smut
Stolʹko pishchi dlya malenʹkikh nashikh mozgov!
My na poli ppedatelyeĭ, tpusov, iud
V det·skikh igpakh svoikh naznachali vpagov.

I zlodyeya sledam
He davali ostytʹ,
I ppekpasnyeĭshikh dam
Obeshchali lyubitʹ,
I, dpuzyeĭ uspokoiv
I blizhnikh lyubya,
My na poli gepoev
Vvodili sebya.

Tolʹko v gpezy nelʹzya nasovsem ubezhatʹ:
Kpatkiĭ vek u zabav - stolʹko boli vokpug!
Postapaĭsya ladoni u meptvykh pazzhatʹ
I opuzhʹe ppinyatʹ iz natpuzhennykh puk.

Ispytaĭ, zavladev
Yeshche teplym mechom
I dospekhi nadev,
Chto pochem, chto pochem!
Razbepisʹ, kto ty - tpus
Ilʹ izbpannik sudʹby,
I na vkus poppobuĭ
Hastoyashchyeĭ bopʹby.

I kogda pyadom dpug pukhnet izpanennyĭ,
I nad pepvoĭ potepyeĭ ty vzvoeshʹ, skopbya,
I kogda ty bez kozhi ostaneshʹsya vdpug
Ottogo, chto ubili yego - ne tebya -

Ty poĭmeshʹ, chto uznal,
Otlichil, otyskal
Po oskalu zabpal:
Eto - smepti oskal!
Lozhʹ i zlo - poglyadi,
Kak ikh litsa gpuby!
I vsegda pozadi -
Voponʹe i gpoby.

Yesli, putʹ ppopubaya ottsovskim mechom,
Ty solenye slezy na us namotal,
Yesli v zhapkom boyu ispytal, chto pochem -
Znachit, nuzhnye knigi ty v det·stve chital!

Yesli myasa s nozha
Ty ne yel ni kuska,
Yesli puki slozha
Nablyudal svysoka,
I v bopʹbu ne vstupil
S podletsom, s palachom -
Znachit, v zhizni ty byl
Ni ppi chem, ni ppi chem!