 Не думаю, не жалуюсь, не спорю.
Не сплю.
Не рвусь
ни к солнцу, ни к луне, ни к морю,
Ни к кораблю.
Не чувствую, как в этих стенах жарко,
Как зелено в саду.
Давно желанного и жданного подарка
Не жду.
Не радует ни утро, ни трамвая
Звенящий бег.
Живу, не видя дня, позабывая
Число и век.
На, кажется, надрезанном канате
Я - маленький плясун.
Я - тень от чьей-то тени. Я - лунатик
Двух темных лун
1914
***
I do not think, or argue, or complain.
Or sleep.
I long for neither sun, nor moon, nor sea.
Nor ship.
I do not feel the heat amidst these walls,
Nor garden’s green,
Nor do I long for your desired gift,
Foreseen.
Neither the morning gladdens nor the trolley’s
Ring-singing run.
I live, forgetting date and age
And daylight sun.
I am – a dancer on a tightrope slashed
And hewn.
I am – a shadow’s shadow: lunatic
Of two dark moons.
***
Летят они, - написанные наспех,
Горячие от горечи и нег.
Между любовью и любовью рaспят
Мой миг, мой час, мой день, мой год, мой век.
И слышу я, что где-то в мире - грозы,
Что амазонок копья блещут вновь…
А я - пера не удержу! Две розы
Сердечную мне высосали кровь.
1916
***
They fly – quick-wrought and quickly written,
Still hot from all the bitterness and bliss.
My moment, hour, day, year, lifetime – smitten,
Twixt love and love lie on the crucifix.
And I hear word of thunderstorms a-rising;
Spears, Amazonian, again flash through the sky…
Yet cannot hold my pen back! These two roses
Have sucked my heart’s blood dry.
Translation from Russian © Ekaterina Rogalsky
 | awesome. baca ini sambil dengerin the shins nyambung bgt lho...:) |
 | hahaha. depressing music-kah? ;-)
ney, aku dateng ya ke kebun kata rahasia! |
| oh, on the contrary, beautiful one. yang jadi soundtrack film 'garden state' natalie portman n zach braff.
iya, rahma tadi cerita. kalian mau datang ramai2 ya? great, finally! |
| oh, soundtrack garden state. aku juga suka soundtrack film itu, tp belum mendengar semua lagunya sih.
iya, datang sama rahma dan ove, mungkin. :) |
 | huuu.. suka yang 1914... kalo ada yang bagus" lagi, share yah riekkk ;) |
| oke, lintang. semuanya bagus-bagus sih. marah. sedih. depresi. sekaligus erotik. ;) |
| hahahaha. ini salah satu fave gue juga, tang:
Where does this tenderness come from?
These are not the – first curls I
have stroked slowly – and lips I
have known are – darker than yours
cantik sekali.. :) |
 | Wow, do you actually read russian? in cyrillic?
Those are beautiful poems, but I guess one can't see the full beauty not hearing the music of the original language. Translations kill the poetry IMHO.
Regards. |
| yes, i read cyrillic. and really, it's not too hard to learn to read it, maybe a few weeks if you do just a bit of it everyday. i couldn't agree more, translating poetry is very difficult too, because your job as a translator is not only to translate the meaning of the poem into another language but to respect its spirit. |
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sekaligus erotik. ;) 