Among the green sea waves, that kissed Tavrida,
At dawn I saw among so charming nereida.
Hidden between the trees, I hardly dared to sigh,
Over the clear moisture of her breasts could die,
So young and white, like swan them raised,
And streams of foam from her hair squeezed.
Среди зелёных волн, лобзающих Тавриду,
На утренней заре я видел нереиду.
Сокрытый меж дерев, едва я смел дохнуть:
Над ясной влагою полубогиня грудь
Младую, белую как лебедь, воздымала
И пену из власов струёю выжимала.
«I want to live, live to distraction: / To make the present live forever, / Make the impersonal human cover / With flesh whatever now has none! What if life’s torpor stifles me, / What if I suffocate and am dumb — / A happier young man maybe / Will say of me in the years to come: Fo...»
«What, are you grown dull now and perplexed? / Look at me as you used to. / See What in abasement you’ve become, / In the sharp incorruptible light of day! I am myself not what I was — no longer / Distant, proud, and pure and wicked. / I look upon the simple boring earthly round / Wi...»
«At first she turned the whole thing to a joke, / Then understood, and started to reproach me. / Shaking her lovely head from side to side / She started wiping tears away with her handkerchief. And teasing me with her teeth she laughed, / Unexpectedly forgetting the whole thing. / As sudde...»
«I must read only children’s books, / Cherish only children’s thoughts, / Scatter all big things far and wide, / Rise up from the deep-rooted sadness. I’m weary to death of life, / And accept nothing from it, / But I love my unfortunate land / Because I’ve not seen any other. In...»