I had a bird in my hand
but my bird has flown.
I held a bird in my hand
but am now all alone.
My small bird has left me
full of anger and rage;
my blue bird has left me
alone in a cage.
by Борис Абрамович Слуцкий (Boris Abramovich Slutsky)
(early 1977)
translated by Robert Chandler
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