From: ibshambat@gmail.com   
      
   Laughing, delighting, and rebelling   
   In all her hopeless, endless angst,   
   In Mahendzhauri, near Batumi   
   She stood out lonely on the sand.   
      
   She was so dignified and proud —   
   She thought herself a river, and   
   She naked went into the water   
   And touched the sea foam with her hand.   
      
   Removing all unneeded dresses,   
   She elegantly walked across   
   She was unbuttoning her swimsuit   
   Her swimsuit on the sand to toss.   
      
   The sight of her well-tanned shoulder   
   Teased, tormented the soul divine   
   The white was seen between the tanlines   
   Where evening gown had hid the skin   
      
   She laughed in joy, she laughed in pleasure   
   Splashing her hands across the tide,   
   And rainbows rolled across her body   
   From head to shoulder on each side.   
      
   By Bella Akhmadulina   
   Translated from Russian by Ilya Shambat   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)