Mr. Aa the Antiphilosopher

Mr. Aa the Antiphilosopher.
(Стихи Тристана Тцара, перевод на английский – Lee Harwood)
1.
Captain!
the thunderbolts, the full might of the waterfall menaces us, the knot of serpents, the cat-o-nine-tails, triumphantly march into countries contaminated with continual strife;

Captain!

all the accusations of ill-treated animals, yawn, in bites above the bed, in rose-windows of blood, the rain of stone teeth and the excrement stains in the cages shroud us in endless snowline cloaks;

Captain!

the brightness of the coal becoming seal, lightning, insect under your eyes, the squadrons of moonstruck people, the monsters on wheels, the screams of mechanical sleepwalkers, the liquid stomachs on silver salvers, the cruelties of carnivorous flowers will overrun the simple country day and the cinema of your sleep;

Captain!

beware of blue eyes.