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Man is like a flute

on which one plays a melody.

Some poems that you have written

as a child one still speaks of.

There is nothing real

in the word "I".

This exists, my venerable master.

I'm here with you.

Two fleeting illusions,

two shadows

which no one will remember.

And yet here we are,

our heads dripping with rain.

We are not

two heads dripping in the rain, my child

but two indistinctive beings,

wandering on misty paths

midway between Yin and Yang.

What path is given

to those who die as children?

To leaves falling

the first days of summer?

To mice drowning

accidentally in a bucket?

They had no path to go.

They went out at dawn

and oblivion surprised them.

While they slept,

the waters around

the realm of earthly life

have expelled them

at the beginning of the eternal cycle.

But a different fate

awaits us.

Awaits you, as a poet,

awaits me,

as a wandering monk.

If one has cut

the head of a child,

to what apply

the laws of Heaven then?

Only vengeance remains then.

It is the only law.

Sun Gu found a job in Sakhalin.

He left Korea with his mother

at the beginning of August 1945.

Book 5 - Romanian Elza

Lyoshka, we've worked enough.

Yes, I'm finished.

Where are you going?

Vysoki Nemoi!

Take away paddle.

Hey, Vysoki Nemoi!

Take away paddle

and pull the boat ashore!

"Chorus of the commanders"

What does that mean?

Nemoi caught it

at the other side of the river.

With a net, I think.

At home,

we bring goose to a wedding.

For the engagement

or the wedding ceremony?

Take it, so you'll get married.

- You go to the pub tonight?

- Yes, and you?

I do not.

But you go ahead, Lyosha.

Lyuba awaits you.

She was not there last night.

I went home.

She sat there for hours.

She cried.

She just said, "Oh, Lyosha."

You should marry her.

I have nothing against it.

- Hey, you.

- Who?

Me?

Hey, tell me.

You work at the sawmill?

- Elza!

- I'll come in a minute.

Look, can you get me

some boards?

Be nice, get me

some planks from the sawmill.

Can you?

Today?

Whenever you want.

I am building a house.

I have got the plaster,

but I can't find boards anywhere.

I can do the plastering and

I also know how to mount the slates.

- And paint the walls.

- Okay.

That's great,

I'll hire you.

And in exchange, you can

eat food for free in the canteen.

No, no need.

You do not want?

What do you want?

Nothing. I will come tomorrow

after work.

Elza!

Yes, I'm coming.

But where did you learn that?

You can do anything.

I'm a worker.

Like me.

We will celebrate the new house.

It does not matter

that you aren't a Russian.

I'm not either.

If you knew...

I saw all the colors.

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