World Literature:
Kairat Duissenov Parman
(Kazakhstan)
Frost and Fire (Poem)
Freezing sparrows look at me
I feel tormented,
The sight of piled snow in my small yard,
Reminds me winter has come
To cover the earth with fluffy cotton of snow
It has made the city worth-seeing.
But the sparrows shiver with cold
As if their bare feet are frozen to the bones,
And their food has gone underneath the snow,
Ah! A sad pitiful sight it is.
The whole world is covered in the blanket
Exceptionally beautiful,
But like an obstinate woman
The piercing cold is very naughty.
I have finished clearing my yard
Evening has come… darkness is all around,
I look at the frozen sparrows,
I only can weep for them as I am helpless
To the frozen gusts of wind, sent by
Some invisible being who has in His hand
All control, including frost and fire.
