kitchen as social space

[Natalia Samoilova]

JULIJ KIM "Moskovskie kukhni" (zapisano po pamiati)

Chajkhana, chajkhana, chajkhana...
Chajkhana, pirozhkovaia, blinnaia,
Kabinet i azartnyj priton,
I priemnaja zala gostinnaia,
Po-starinnomu znachit salon,
I kabak dlia zaezzhego ukharia,
I bezdomnomu bardu nochleg -
Odnim slovom, moskovskaia kukhonnia,
desiat' metrov na sto chelovek.

Stakanchiki granenye, a to i s kon'iachkom,
Oj, shutochki solenye o chem-nibud' takom.
A trubochno-cygarochnaia aspidnaia mgla,
A Sem'-sorok da Cyganochka,
A nu-ka khorom i do dna:
Ty zh moia Roma, oj-oj-oj...
Ty zh moia Chala, oj-oj-oj...

Da, byvalo, pivali i gulivali,
No ne tol'ko stakanchikov dlia.
Zabegali, sideli, pokurivali,
vecherok do rassveta prodlia.
Chaj, stikhov pri ogarke morgajushchem
Perechitano, slushano vslast'.
Chaj, gitara Vysockogo s Galichem
Tozhe zdes', a nigde zavelas'.
Chaj da sakhar, da pishcha dukhovnaja,
No eshche s nezapamiatnykh por
Naipervejshee delo kukhonnoe -
Eto russkij nochnoj razgovor,
Gde vse vremia po nitke tainstvennoj
Ot kakogo ugla ne nachni
Vse s''ezzhaetsia k teme edinstvennoj,
Slovno k svechke goriashchej v nochi.

Rossiia, mater' chudnaia!
Kuda? Otkuda? Kak?
Tomlen'e besprobudnoe,
Ryvki iz mraka v mrak.
Trudnee i izvilistej naidutsia li puti?
Da kak zhe stol'ko vynesti da syznova nesti?

O, chernye Marusi,
O, ... (ne pomniu),
O, Gospodi Iisuse,
O, Aleksandr Vtoroj,

Kotoryj vek bessonnaia,
Kukhonnia strepnia.
I ia tam byl, med-pivo pil,
I korm poshel v konia.

Ty zh moia Roma, oj-oj-oj...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
  options, and more.  Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
                http://members.home.net/lists/seelangs/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------