Like blood and sweat it is simple:
To people — tsar, to tsar — people.
Like mystery of two it is clear:
The third is the spirit, the two are near.
From the sky tsar is placed on the throne:
That is clear like dream and snow.
To the throne tsar will come again yet:
It is holy like blood and sweat.
Это просто, как кровь и пот:
Царь — народу, царю — народ.
Это ясно, как тайна двух:
Двое рядом, а третий — Дух.
Царь с небес на престол взведён:
Это чисто, как снег и сон.
Царь опять на престол взойдёт —
Это свято, как кровь и пот.
«Upon the hard crest of a snow-drift / We tread, and grown quiet, we walk / On towards my house, white, enchanted; / Our mood is too tender for talk. And sweeter than music, this dream now / Come true, the low boughs of the firs / That sway as we brush them in passing, / The slight silve...»
«In a strange house, in a far away land, / her portrait hangs on the wall; / she herself is dying like a beggar woman, / lying on straw, in pain that can’t be told. But here she looks as she always did look — / she is young, rich and draped / in the luxurious green cloak / in which s...»
«Men’s thoughts and deeds will pass like dreams, / The heroes soon effaced, / The mausoleums will turn to dust, / All things end up erased. / / The wisdom, justice, faith and love / By some Unknown Hand, / Like needless words on someone's slate, / Will soon be swept away. Afar fr...»
«You should be all-understanding, / flexible, unsteady, changing, / as a running ocean wave, / unfastidious and suave , — / Welcome all that come to pass, / Leaning, touching, encompass / whether you accept or not. Be impassive, apathetic, / all-departing, anaesthetic / As a runni...»