Caution! Sharp turn!
No matter how many times I drove here,
I met with unpleasant mishaps,
And I was still short of trouble besides.

So the roads met,
And a tree grew on the corner.
To admit myself the guilty one
I hope I’ll learn someday.

Should an intriguer-interlocutor appear suddenly,
Better that I brake —
Avoiding long quarrels,
Not ram the trunk, but go around.