Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by TheOtherHobbes 2396 days ago
In a Kindle novel it would be:

London. Thunder. Rain.

2 comments

Alexander Blok (Russian poet)

A direct translation:

Night, street, lamp, drugstore, A dull and meaningless light. Go on and live another quarter century - Nothing will change. There's no way out.

You'll die, then start from the beginning, It will repeat, just like before: Night, icy ripples on a canal, Drugstore, street, lamp.

More attempts here: https://ruverses.com/alexander-blok/night-street-lamp-drugst...

Why is that? Does Kindle limit the number of words?