Vladimir Vysotsky
I hate
I hate the fatal end - it’s so clear,
Life never makes me tired, faint or blue,
And I do hate each season of the year
When I don’t sing my merry songs to you.
I hate the guy who’s cynical and cold;
I’m rather cautious seeing too much glee;
I hate to see the lad so rude and bold,
Who reads my letters peeping over me.
I’m full of bile when things are half-completed,
To cut the talk abruptly - it’s a shame!
To shoot in someone’s back is mean and bitter,
To shoot the man point blank is just the same!
For gossip, tittle-tattle I don’t care,
I hate both wavering and grandeur-gaining fuss,
I hate it when I’m stroked against the hair,
I hate to see how iron crushes glass.
Conceit and vanity, I think, are both rotten -
I’d rather have a car with no brakes...
It’s a disgrace that honor is forgotten
But in the race of life the squealers win the stakes
The broken wings in me wake no compassion,
Though I am not too callous or too hard;
And though I hate depression and aggression,
The martyrdom of Christ still breaks my heart.
I hate myself when I get feet so cold
That I can watch how innocents are hit...
I hate it when they break into my soul,
And hate it when into my soul they spit.
I hate it when true art is turned to vending,
When tawdry jesters’ fortunes dissipate...
And even if great changes are impending,
I’ll never fall in love with what I hate!
© George Tokarev. Translation
Edited by Robert Titterton
Monday, March 3, 2008
Владимир Высоцкий - Я не люблю
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Pisanki!
Join us for this Russian, Ukrainian and Polish Spring Tradition!Thursday, 13 March, 2008, 4-6pm in 303 Chitwood Hall
To sign up, email Dr. Di at
Lisa.DiBartolomeo@mail.wvu.edu
A free workshop-only bring your own equipment and eggs!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Brown Bag Lunch: Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue 1
The Office of Student Life – Multicultural Programs presents
Brown Bag Lunch Film & Discussion Series
No Other Gods:
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Decalogue 1
Film & Discussion Series
Thursday, February 28th @ 11:30 a.m.
Shenandoah Room in the Mountainlair
Presented by: Lisa DiBartolomeo
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Synopsis: This short film, directed by the late Polish auteur Kieslowski, is part of a ten film series loosely based on the Ten Commandments, exploring the influence of these funda-
mental tenets in our lives today. Decalogue 1 focuses on rzysztof, a rational, scientific man, and his relationship with his gifted young son. But does Krzysztof’s emphasis on the purely rational perhaps provoke divine intervention, forever changing his family’s life? The film is at once philosophically provocative and hanutingly beautiful; please join us for what is sure to be a stimulating discussion.
Please plan on attending this informative and thought-provoking presentation.
Pizza will be provided first-come, first-served.
For more information please call 304-293-7029, ext. 133 or http://www.studentlife.wvu.edu/multiculturalprograms.html
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Lecture: Body talk: Russian and Soviet tattoos
Help! There’s a demon on my back and it’s named Lenin!
“Body talk: Russian and soviet tattoos”
(as seen in the oscar©-nominated film, Eastern promises)
Friday, 22 February, 2008
4pm in room 117 Oglebay hall
Sponsored by the new major in Slavic and East European studies
For more information, contact Lisa.DiBartolomeo@mail.wvu.edu or Robert.Blobaum@mail.wvu.edu
