Semyon Gudzenko

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Semyon Gudzenko is the pseudonym of Gudzenko Semen Petrovich (Семен Петрович Гудзенко) (5.03.1922, Kiev - 12.02.1953, Moscow) who was a Russian poet, of the World War II generation. He is often compared with Pavel Kogan and Semen Kirsanov.

He died from old war wounds as he predicted himself in one of his own poems.

The following example of his work was translated by Wikipedia editor User:Vald.

[edit] BALLAD ABOUT THE FAITHFULNESS

Much written about the jealousy, 
about the faithfulness, about the unfaithfulness. 
About the fact that are encountered two, 
and the third one is sad in the march. 

We at night broke into Odoyev, 
to clear a passage to infantry. 
And, alcohol diluting by water, 
at the flame we looked all tired. 

(to us all this so familiarly!..) 
But the mistress of our house here appears on the threshold. 
Certainly, comrade my was urgently called to the military commissar's headquarters. 
Certainly, as if purposely, only we remained at home. 

Tough choice of soldier's wives. 
By melancholy catched a body. 
O, as to me in that moment I wanted to be not lousy, bearded,
 - to be clean, with the fragrant skin. 
To be tender. 

God!.. On that night we did not know grief. 
Only we were in the world... 
But suddenly I heard: Grigoriy
... And quietly answered: Mary

... Mary! In distant Ishim you read letters by lips. 
Love - as Siberia - is ubreakable. 
But enters, squeaking by crutches, 
soldier familiar to no one as me here, 
by melancholy burned. 

You allows me to stay at your house. 
And suddenly you call: Semen. 
Mary! My is this name. 
And no more need I know.

You breathes by my letters. 
I know. I believe. You next to me here. 
1942