Song Of The Wolf Poem by viacheslav kupriyanov

I am the wolf wolf
I am the winter night wolf wolf
My footsteps serve the spirit of snow
I am the master of crackling someone's bones
It was I who blew freezing stars
Upon your window glass
While you slept in a dream
I howled the full moon into the sky
When you still couldn't look up at the sky
It was I who taught you to fear evening trees
It was I who charmed you from dangerous games with one's shadow
It was I who prompted you to be in a pack

I am the wolf wolf
I am the winter night wolf
I am going from you into your winter tale


Translated from Russian by Dasha Nisula
from the book 'Duet of Iron', Jupta books, Kioto, Japan,2017