... Winter came suddenly Without mercy it set its icy hungry teeth In our necks. Heads of noble birds swimming on the water surface Flew to thousands of parts just before it froze As if struck by invisible hammers. Little peevish parts of icy air consumed Everything unprepared, wind aided in it and played Melancholic symphony of extinction on its silver icicle violin. Thousands of icy headsmen with pigs' wailing in the background Executed without the only drop of blood. ... in several minutes only a family of rats remained on the little island, that survived the last winter dance unknowingly ... ... until the morning the queen of frost danced on her icy mirror At eh snowy throat of winter