Velimir Khlebnikov's Beyond-Sense Language
Incantation by Laughter
O, rassmeites’, smekhachi!
O, zasmeites’, smekhachi
Chto smeyutsya smekhami, chto smeyanstvuyut smeyal'no.
O, zasmeites’ usmeyal'no!
O, rassmeshishch nadsmeyal'nykh – smekh usmeinykh smekhachei!
O, issmeisya rassmeyal'no, smekh nadesmeinykh smeyachei!
Smeievo, smeievo,
Usmei, osmei, smeshiki, smeshiki,
Smeyunchiki, smeyunchiki,
O, rassmeites’, smekhachi!
O, zasmeites’, smekhachi!
Incantation by Laughter
Hlaha! Uthlofan, laflings!
Hlaha! Uthlofan, laflings!
Who lawghen with lafe, who hlaehen lewchly,
Hlaha! Uthlofan hlouly!
Hlaha! Hloufish lauflings lafe, hlohan utlaufly!
Lawfen, lawfen,
Hloh, hloh, hlou! Luifekin, luifekin,
Hlofeningum, hlofeningun.
Hlaha! Uthlofan, laflings!
Hlaha! Uthlofan, laflings!
Trans. Paul Schmidt
Invocation of Laughter
Grasshopper
Bo-beh-o-bi
