Dmitry Merezhkovsky
- Nirvana, by Paul Selver
(As in the day of first creation...)
Dmitri Merezjkovski (nederlands)
- Nirwana, Arie Van Der Ent
(Het hemelse azuur is stil...)
«Sei mir gerühmt, unausweichlicher Schmerz! / König Grauauge starb gestern das Herz. Der herbstliche Abend war purpurn und schwül. / Mein Mann kam nach Hause und sagte mir kühl: "Weißt du, man brachte ihn heim von der Jagd, / Den Leib bei der alten Eiche man barg. Die arme Königin, jun...»
«Don’t weep for me — I’ll live on / as a happy beggar, a convict with goodwill, / as a southerner frozen in the north, / as a consumptive and ill-tempered Petershurger / in the malarial south I’ll live on. Don’t weep for me — I’ll live on / as that lame girl who came out on t...»
«Along my street, these steady steps resound / Year after year: my friends are slowly leaving. / The all-absorbing lightlessness around / Finds ease in seeing me alone and grieving. Sad, unattended are my friends’ affairs; / Their homes are dull; no song or music sounding; / Degas’ y...»
«And in conclusion I will say, / Farewell, don’t pledge your love in vanity. / My mind’s away, or on its way / Towards the higher loss of sanity. How loved was I? — You toyed with my / Mortality — that does not matter. / How loved was I? — You made me die, / But you could mak...»