"I don't know which women you have known..."

"Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful." -Yevtushenko

I don’t know which women you have known,

but I bet you overlooked the right one, -

she could be inflexible like stone,

but making love, she always leaves the light on.

Mine? She dances when the music dwindles,

keeps its rhythm when the curtains fall,

leaves an imprint on the evening windows

like a glass shoe at the midnight ball.