The Windmills Of Your Mind (из к/ф "Афёра Томаса Крауна)
Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel Like a snowball down a mountain Or a carnival balloon Like a carousel that's turning Running rings around the moon Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mindLike a tunnel that you follow To a tunnel of its own Down a hollow to a cavern Where the sun has never shone Like a door that keeps revolving In a half-forgotten dream Like the ripples from a pebble Someone tosses in a stream Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Past the minutes on its face And the world is like an apple Whirling silently in space Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mindKeys that jingle in your pocket Words that jangle in your head Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that i said? Lovers walk along a shore And leave their footprints in the sand Was the sound of distant drumming Just the fingers of your hand? Pictures hanging in a hallway Or the fragment of a song Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong? When you knew that it was over Were you suddenly aware That the autumn leaves were turning To the colour of her hair?Like a circle in a spiral Like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning On an ever-spinning reel As the images unwind Like the circles that you find In the windmills of your mind
Как витки спиральных кружев Ниоткуда никуда, В голове упрямо кружит Глупых мыслей чехарда ― Без истоков и без цели Хоровод пустых идей, Как верченье карусели И мелькание огней. Стрелки, словно мельниц крылья Полируют циферблат, Задыхаясь от бессилья, Но часы… часы стоят! Словно мелют ветряки У извилин завитки.
Мысли ― утлые лодчонки, Не укрытые в порту, Вовлечённые в воронки, Как над сливом в пустоту… Хоровод фантазий смутных, Как в тайфуне корабли, Но качаются уютно Хлопья пены на мели. И ужимками паяца Бьётся маятник не в лад: Дрожь и спазмы фибрилляций, Но часы… часы стоят! Словно мелют жернова Непрочтённые слова!