The Riddle

I dressed a lot of persons

I patched clothes to many others

The rich as well as the poor

I took off thorns

To the sick I pierced boils

I also pierced plenty of ears

Most people need me

They can’t do without me

I adorned too many brides

I made their grooms look handsome

So that they please their admirers

I protected the miserable

I covered and wormed them

With the suitable cloth

I cared a lot for the wrecked

I provided them with food in plenty

I realized later on

That I was doing only good

But as if I was digging in water

No profit coming in return

From the ungrateful man

Yet I kept accomplishing my duty

What I said is an example

I took it from our rich repertory

All the words I’ve used

Are about my doings

And those of the needle

Which remains naked.

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Poems in English 

• Николай Рубцов – Зимняя песня by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Жеребенок by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Загородил мою дорогу by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Я тебя целовал by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Хороший улов by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Возвращение из рейса by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Воробей by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Ветер всхлипывал, словно дитя by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Рубцов – Весна на берегу Бии by Николай Рубцов
• Николай Огарев – Я сорвал ветку кипариса by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Хандра by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Выпьем, что ли, Ваня by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – В прогулке поздней видел я by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Тебе я счастья не давал довольно by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Свисти ты, о ветер, с бессонною силой by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Смутные мгновенья by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – С полуночи ветер холодный подул by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Расстались мы by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Прощанье с краем, откуда не уезжал by Николай Огарев
• Николай Огарев – Предисловие к колоколу by Николай Огарев

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Russian Commerce Agency

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Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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