Servus -- Reginae

Don't call.

Without any summonsI'll reach the shrine.

And droop my head in even

To your feet fine.

I will your orders shyly

And will

To catch our meetings, short and instant,

And wish again.

I fell before your passions' power,

Before its wave,

Sometimes — a serf; sometimes — a lover;

Always — a slave.

Translated by Yevgeny Bonver,

December,

Edited by Dmitry Karshtedt,

February, 2001