You are great in love. <br /> You are bold. <br />My every step is timid. <br />I'll do nothing bad to you, <br />but can hardly do you any good. <br />It seems you are <br /> leading me <br />off the beaten path through a forest. <br />Now we're up to our waist in wildflowers. <br />I don't even know <br /> what flowers they are. <br />Past experience is of no help here. <br />I don't know <br /> what to do or how. <br />You're tired. <br /> You ask to be carried in my arms. <br />Already you're in my arms. <br />'Do you see <br /> how blue the sky is? <br />Do you hear <br /> what birds are in the forest? <br />Well, what are you waiting for? <br /> Well? <br /> Carry me then! ' <br />And where shall I carry you? ... <br /> <br /> <br />1953 <br />Translated by Albert C. Todd<br /><br />Yevgeny Yevtushenko<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-are-great-in-love/
