Gangway fo' de Lawd (1935) (original) (raw)

AT SVERDLOVSK (Before)

I am an intellectual, I write books, I study, I am happy, I love a girl in a new way, I am expecting a baby, I live in a mighty, famous, gigantic land, I do not worry about tomorrow, I go to theatres, I elect my own .government myself – all thanks to thee Soviet power!

Early in the morning I jump out of bed, wash under the cold faucet, perform calisthenics, and run up and down my rooms and sing and laugh from surcease of strength – all thanks to thee, Soviet power ...

I can be a real writer. I will live in Socialism, all men shall be my brothers, I will live in a world eternally radiant and happy – all thanks to thee Soviet power!

I dream of creating something immortal, of flying to the moon, of circumnavigating the earth, of seeing socialism in Europe and in America. I am able to think so boldly because my creative imagination is not degraded by anybody – all thanks to thee, Soviet power ...

I am happy, I am bold, I am full of the joy of living, I am audacious, strong, passionate, curious, I have fallen in love with all that is beautiful, good and true. I resemble my comrades, and my comrades resemble me – all thanks to thee, Soviet power.

IN MOSCOW (After)

I am not infected with any disease, I am strong, I cherish in my bosom the very finest human feelings: love, devotion, honesty, self-sacrifice, heroism, disinterestedness – all thanks to thee, great educator Stalin!

I write books, I am a writer, I dream of creating a work which will never be forgotten, I love a girl in a new way, I procreate my kind, and it shall be a happy one – all thanks to thee, great educator Stalin ...

I am happy, full of joy of living, I am unshakably bold, I go to sleep with greatest sorrow, I wake up happy, I will live to be 100 years old, my hair will turn white, but I will remain eternally happy and radiant – all thanks to thee, great educator Stalin ...

I can fly to the moon, travel to the Arctic, invent a new machine, for my creative energy is not trampled by anybody – all thanks to thee, great educator Stalin ...

We are many. We are – engineers, writers, aviators, journalists, lock-smiths, mounters, machinists, government officers, managers of cities, explorers of the Arctic scholars – all thanks to thee, Sage Educator ...