Текст песни Иосиф Бродский - Я обнял эти плечи и взглянул...

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I hugged the shoulders and looked
that turned their backs ,
and saw that the nominated chair
merged with wall lighting .
There was a light bulb in an increased intensity ,
disadvantageous for the furniture worn ,
and because the sofa in the corner shone
brown skin , like yellow .
The table was empty . Parquet gleamed .
It was getting dark stove. In dusty frame
frozen landscape . And only one buffet
It seemed to me then animate .

But the butterfly by circling the room ,
and it is my view shifted to real estate .
And if a ghost here once lived ,
then he left the house . He left .

1964 .