| Deutsch and Yarmolinsky, comps. Modern Russian Poetry. 1921. | | | | The Birch Tree | | By Sergey Gorodetzky (1884–1921) |
| | | UPON an amber day I loved you first, | |
| When, summoned by the radiant azure, | |
| From every grateful twig there burst | |
| Sweet indolence in dripping measure. | |
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| Your whitely shining body gleamed as white | 5 |
| As heady foam on lakes unfolding, | |
| Gay laughing Lel 1 drew out the bright | |
| Black hair, its beauty lightly holding. | |
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| Himself, the god Yarila 2 crowned your hair | |
| With garlands green in gorgeous pleasure, | 10 |
| And flung it, plaited, to the air: | |
| Green glory tossed upon the azure. | |
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