Ilya Kabakov. Anna Borisovna Stoyeva: “Whose Fly Is This?” 1965–1968
“Where have you landed, fly?”
“In the milk, in the milk.”
“Are you comfortable, old girl?”
“Not at all, not at all.”
“You might climb out a little.”
“I can't, I can't.”
“I'll lend you a tablespoon,
I'll help, I'll help.”
“Better that you, poor wretch that I am,
Took pity, took pity,
And poured the milk into another cup,
Poured it over, poured it over.”
Literal translation
Verses by Osip Mandelstam, 1925
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