I never took revenge and never will avenge myself —
One is not forgiven nor forgives
From the day I opened my eyes — till the coffin of oak
I will not lower myself — and God knows
Not overlook the great decline of this century ...
— But if a man is worthy?..
— No. I never fight in vain: not with anyone.
One is not forgiven: anything.
Никому не отмстила и не отмщу —
Одному не простила и не прощу
С дня как очи раскрыла — по гроб дубов
Ничего не спустила — и видит Бог
Не спущу до великого спуска век…
— Но достоин ли человек?..
— Нет. Впустую дерусь: ни с кем.
Одному не простила: всем.
«To shadowy hills a heavy shower / Has rolled through meadows — at once / The sky has cleared up, all over / There is fine brilliance on grass. / The storm has gone. The air now / Enhances sounds, is a balm; / How every leaf on every bough / Is turning soothed being calm! / An ev...»
«I’m glad to see you, light stars of the fluffy first snow! / On the dark ground you instantly melt one by one. / Other snowflakes quick and easy instead of you fly up: / Bees in the motionless air are whirling this way. / Winter will be before long; pressed ice will be screaming / U...»
«When I abandoned you (now I’m / Without a doubt true) / I was in love with you that time / As deep as I could do. To see you now I am not glad, / Reluctant am to tweet, / Your curious look, wide-eyed and sad, / I do not want to meet. In vain you keep on telling tales / Of home...»
«Crazed by my soul’s thirst / Through a dark land I staggered, / And a six-winged seraph / Halted me at a crossroads. / With fingers of dream / He touched my eye-pupils. / My eyes, prophetic, recoiled / Like a startled eaglet’s. / He touched my ears / And a thunderous clangour f...»