Here you will find the Poem Giraffe of poet Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev
Today, I see, your glance is especially sad And your arms, embracing your knees, especially thin. Listen: far, far away on the Lake of Chad Wanders a gentle giraffe. He is endowed with slender grace and bliss, And his hide adorned with a magical design Which the moonlight alone, shattering and rocking On the wide wet of the lake, dares to rival. From afar he resembles the colored sails of a ship, And his gait is smooth as the joyful flight of a bird. I know that the earth will witness many wonders, When, at sunset, he hides in a marble grotto. I could tell merry tales of mysterious lands Of a black maiden, a young chief's passion, But you have too long inhaled the heavy mist, You will believe in nothing but the rain. And how can I tell you about a tropical garden, Slender palms, the scent of inconceivable herbs... Are you crying? Listen...Far off on the Lake of Chad Wanders a gentle giraffe.
