Farewell, my friend, farewell: poem by Esenin

Farewell, my friend, farewell.
Dear friend, you're in my heart.
The predetermined parting
Promises reunion ahead.

Farewell, my friend, without handshake or word,
Don't grieve and knit your brow -- 
In life death's nothing new,
But life's, of course, no greater novelty.
                                                  Sergei Esenin
                                                   1925

Esenin, sometimes spelled Yesenin, dead and mourned.