Ãðèáè ç Þããîòà - 26 («Fungi from Yuggoth» by Howard Phillips Lovecraft)
26. Ôàì³ëüÿðè
Äæîí Âîòë³ ïîçà ì³ñòîì æèâ îäèí,
Äå ïàãîðáè, çà ìèëþ óñüîãî,
Ðîçóìíèì íå ââàæàëè ìè éîãî,
Áî ðîçâàëèâ íà ôåðì³ íàâ³òü òèí.
Íà äèâí³ êíèãè ñâ³é â³í ãàÿâ ÷àñ,
¯õ íà ãîðèù³ â³äêîïàâ êîëèñü
Òà çìîðøêàìè ëèöå ïîêðèëîñü ñêð³çü
² ñòàëî íåïðèâàáëèâèì äëÿ íàñ.
Êîëè æ ò³º¿ íî÷³ âèé ïî÷óâñÿ,
Äî íüîãî âòðüîõ, ùîá íå áóëî á³äè,
dzáðàëèñü ëþäè ç Åéëñáåð³ ï³òè,
Íàëÿêàíèé, îäèí ³ç íèõ âåðíóâñÿ.
Ç ïîòâîðàìè òàì Âîòë³ ãîâîðèâ,
Çëåò³ëè âðàç äâ³ ïàðè ÷îðíèõ êðèë.
XXVI. The Familiars
John Whateley lived about a mile from town,
Up where the hills began to huddle thick;
We never thought his wits were very quick,
Seeing the way he let his farm run down.
He used to waste his time on some queer books
He’d found around the attic of his place,
Till funny lines got creased into his face,
And folks all said they didn’t like his looks.
When he began those night-howls we declared
He’d better be locked up away from harm,
So three men from the Aylesbury town farm
Went for him—but came back alone and scared.
They’d found him talking to two crouching things
That at their step flew off on great black wings.