Критерий качества державы -There is certainly something compelling about the sentiment, no? What are we to make of a world where we no longer have to fear the devils of the old regime but the smarmy suits on the street, these indicators of progress?
Успехи сук и подлецов;
Боюсь теперь не старцев ржавых,
А белозубых молодцов.
The criterion of the quality of power—
The successes of bitches and scoundrels
Is that I now fear not the rusty old geezers
But the good-old-boys with bleached teeth.
Now that I have a taste of Russian verse after so many years, I'm itching to translate the rest of the poem. Perhaps a project to be saved for another day.
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