SERGEI
MIKHAILOV
Translated
from Russian
G.
K. G. JOSHI
The Satirist is like the Sapper, friends,
He mines-and mine I!
The Sapper’s task is to see if there is root
To dig underneath the foe,
To remain undamaged oneself:
But if you have a trembling feel in hands
Quit the job in Sapper troops
Indeed, there are other posts in the world
Well, we will tell, to write in the reward-lists?
Here they follow, also having skill
So that the list can appear without blots!
–From Izvestia