liver licked out of shape,
moldova moya, liquor
loves your shakes

louder the laughing,
lucky the fool, moldova
moya, playing pool

laid out, olives
like eyes, moldova moya,
milked the lies

loved me once, listen
moldova, my semitic
look, moya svoboda

loved my lips fuller,
moya rabota, moldova,
developed Golgotha

old stolen slogans, you
listened, moya
moldova, you listed

our livers on sale, you whistled
when missiles sailed over, moya
moldova, moya lyubovnitza

missed you last winter,
darling, moldova, missed the last
kisses, s’novim godom

beloved, maybe next season
I’ll visit, moldova,
maybe you’ll listen

to livers and spleens,
delicious fishes, moldova
moya, kneading you

clean as whistles,
moya moldova, holding you
over till new year’s eve,

moldova moya, moy
gorod, svoboda, my little
mother, my proper model

my small apartment,
my slide, my bottle
my cobbles, my sled

my awkward muddle
in my moldova, and moya shkola
and apples, and bread