Аннотация: Перевод рассказа "Узник" на английский язык...
dMitry Gorshkov
Prisoner
Translated from Russian by dMitry Gorshkov (15.о7.2оо2)
"I am a prisoner. I am locked in a cylindrical cell. Walls of metal surround me.
As far as I remember, I was always here. I had spent years, or maybe centuries in seclusion.
Though it is very hard for me to speak about time. In my cell spring never comes after winter & day never follows the night. It is always dark inhere.
I am squeezed by walls of metal & low ceiling. I can"t move. I can just lay still.
The only thing that brightens up my existence is my dreams. I can see episodes from my previous life in them. A long time ago I used to own the azure of the sky, the freshness of the water & the verdure of the grass. It is all that I know from my dreams.
When I am awake I am always trying to understand what terrible sin I had committed in my previous life. Sometimes I think that I am in hell & that I will stay here forever. But more often I feel that my sin was not so terrible & that someday I will regain freedom..."
He was interrupted by a strong blow, which made him lose consciousness for a second. When he recovered he saw a small hole in the ceiling. Some strange force was cutting through the metal. The light began to penetrate into the cell. Soon a shying nimbus formed upon him. And then the ceiling disappeared.
He didn"t understand that it was his end & thought that he would regain the azure of the sky, the freshness of the water & the verdure of the grass.
But instead of this he heard loud voices.
- Would you like some goose pate, Darling?
- Of course. Thank you.
A cold blade of a knife dismembered his body & his soul soared upwards like a wild goose.