How the chest breathes, fresh, voluminous –
Words are incapable of expressing a thing!
How in the ravines at midday loudly
Into milky froth cascade rivulets!
The ether pulses and melts with song.
In the planted field rye gathers green –
And a gentle voice is heard humming:
“You will outlive yet another spring!”
Как дышит грудь свежо и емко —
Слова не выразят ничьи!
Как по оврагам в полдень громко
На пену прядают ручьи!
В эфире песнь дрожит и тает.
На глыбе зеленеет рожь —
И голос нежный напевает:
"Еще весну переживешь!"
«The year is coming, Russia’s year of dark, / The falling of the crown that year will mark; / When for the throne the serfs will lose the awe, / The food of many will be death and woe. / The rule of law will be disowned, and thence / Will shield no wives, nor children’s innocence; / P...»
«Mid the celestial world and star array, / But One Star's name I speak in fascination; / Not really that I loved Her in some way; / It is that She's my sole illumination. And should a doubt exert its heavy toll, / Then Her alone I seek to guide my action; / Not for the light She emanat...»
«Beyond the chimneys and steeples, / baptized by smoke and flame, / stamping-footed archangel, / down the decades I call your name! Rock-steady or change-at-a-whim! / Coachman and stallion in one! / He snorts and spits into his palm — / chariot of glory, hold on! Singer of city-square...»
«Clouds that whiten in a dome of blue / and twisted trees sharply delineated, / the dust aglow, each shadow elongated / and phantoms that pass through the heart anew. Why was the tale so brief? I cannot say. / Was there a second half I didn’t know? / In pale skies the clouds dissolve awa...»