Poems,stories and pictures by Irina Mouravleva.
У каждого в жизни бывает минута,
Everyone has a minute in their life,
When for some reason the past want to pull back,
And in this moment of the forbidden circle,
I saw them in English book.
Simple Russian women,
War time...
In farms, dugouts, trenches, snow.
With patches on dresses, military coats,The wrinkles on the faces
But with the light of hope in tired eyes.
With a smile, joke,
They looked into my eyes:
Well, what are you crying about?
There is no war!
At least, finally, we know
Here is truly grief -
The man does not love you.
Well smile,
Well, don't be sad
On a free path
Take a walk.
Our advice is simple:
Dream and love,
Work hard.
Just be happy you live without war.
Эта ночь не украдена,
Посмотри мне в глаза.
Сколько было оставлено в тех далеких краях.
Их судьба недопетая, ненапрасны пути,
За рассветами светлыми детям нашим идти.
Слушать песни веселые,
Мудрость в книгах узнать,
И далекую родину так как мы вспоминать.
Где отцы наши правили, где в походах прошли.
Наши славные женщины, их слова долгожданные и улыбки желанные, это солнца лучи.
За стоявших на площади,
Снова вижу я ночи те.
Мою маму нестрогую, ее кофточку новую.
Эта ночь не украдена.
This night is not stolen,
Look into my eyes.
How many we left in those distant lands.
Their fate is a song that was not finished, their roads are not forgotten.
Our children will walk to the bright morning sunshine, Listen to the funny songs,
Learn wisdom in books,
And know distant homeland as we remember.
Where our fathers ruled, where they went on campaigns.
Our glorious women, their long-awaited words and welcome smiles, these are the rays of the sun.
For those who stood on the square.
Again I see those nights.
My mom was not strict,She was wearing her new blouse.This night is not stolen.
Servant 1: Pharaoh looks like he had enough.
New King number one: that’s good.
Servant 2: what is this?
Wood?
Servant 1: fire place.
New King number one: probably it was dropped out from the sky.
Servant 2: the carriage is here.
New Queen number one: when I ride carriage someone has to hold it.
New King number one: yes, it calls yourself.
New Queen number one: this what they drove, carriage?
New King number one: you think it was called taxi?
Pharaoh: is she Egyptian?
New King number one: yeah.
Next time I will ask for ID.
Pharaoh: demonstration?
New King number one: she is Egyptian by the clock.
Like we all are.
At 7 o'clock.
Egyptian mommy, mother.
You will hardly have any dinner warm up.
Pharaoh: I never knew that!
New King number one: some one else has to learn it first.
Pharaoh: who is this?
Servant1: our military
commander.
Servant 2: he is good, but
we don’t know what he says.
Servant 1: he comes here
for lunch.
We painted the kitchen door
in white color,
So he will not
go to another door.
Servant 2: we can see better here.
Pharaoh: nice car.
Servant 1: it’s a tank.
Do you know
how much this thing cost?
Servant: but we have necessary food.
This why we
think we are better then them.
Servant 2: they are rich.
Some people
work for rich.
Servant 1: we are ready and they are not.
Pharaoh: I think I remember my name.
Servant 1: what is this?
Pharaoh: horn or bell?
New King number one: it
depends.
They both
for the same reason.
Horn is
louder so she can speed up.
We will
practice the speeding.
Servant 1: and
put your foot down too.
Pharaoh: we
never learned it before.
New King number one: you surely will now.
You can use
both, horn and the bell.
We might need few.
Servant 1: sometimes
they don't even move.
Servant 2: apple
pie!
Servant 1: Pharaoh, just
make some noise, "yyy".
Pharaoh: will they understand?
New King number one: women will understand.
New Queen number one: spoons!
New King number one: finally.
New Queen number one: look what I got.
Plum.
Pharaoh: another car!
New Queen number one: this is rich men hill.
Pharaoh: your cologne.
I can smell
you from all the way there.
It’s very
nice.
New King number one: where
is the star of the show?
Servant 1: with Pharaoh.
They are getting better and better.
Servant 2: your
bars sir, and they are not chocolate.
Servant 1: I wonder if it was here the whole time?
Servant 2: okay, timer.
Servant 1:
count until 6 or 8.
Servant 2: most people can’t do until 2.
Who comes
first, fire trucks?
New Queen number one: be like me, ignore everything.
Pharaoh: what is this?
New Queen number one: meteorite.
Servant 1: it's a ball.
Servant 2: may be a pot.
Servant 1: what?
Servant 2: a pot.
King of Fools (whispering on the phone): we have onion rings and you have french fries?
Troll: you want something little bit; its fucked up.
Mama Mia: never apply online, never.
Then it's okay.
King of Fools (whispering on the phone): smoke was coming out.
Did you see on the news?
Troll: does it.
Fool: how much money?
Hundred thousands?
Troll: one hundred fifty.
Fool: "nothing" is good.
The government, it's only friends and family.
Mama Mia: we never got the bonus either.
Fool: more than nothing is a lot.
Troll: are you kidding me?
Fool: yeah,yeah.
King of Fools (on the phone): we have been busy for long time.
Since the pandemic.
Just napping, for years.
We don't like to work, old school.
You don't see it much anymore.
We are working on changing it.