My light tread
— A sign of clear conscience —
My light tread,
My ringing song —
God placed me alone
In the midst of the great world.
— You are not a woman but a bird,
Therefore — fly and sing.
Поступь лёгкая моя,
— Чистой совести примета —
Поступь лёгкая моя,
Песня звонкая моя —
Бог меня одну поставил
Посреди большого света.
— Ты не женщина, а птица,
Посему — летай и пой.
«Midnight phantoms hover / Glittering bright with sparks in the darkness. / But my eyes cannot make out / How many of them, on their ominous wings. Midnight phantoms groan / Like a sick man in exhausted sleep, / They rise to the surface, and groan and sink again –— / But what are the...»
«A golden cloud spent the night / Resting on the breast of the giant crag; / Come the morning, it darted away, / Airily playing in the breeze. But it left behind a patch of moisture / In a crevice of the ancient rock. / Alone it stands, the mighty crag, as deep in thought, / It quietly ...»
«How all the blood in my breast / Flooded into my heart, / When the gaze from your eyes / Fastened itself upon me! For long I could not understand / Its silent language... / I sought its meaning / With fear and anguish... Suddenly all doubts vanished / And my fear forever stilled... /...»
«For distant shores of homeland / You left this alien land; / In that never-forgotten hour, that time of grief / I wept long before you. / With hands turned to ice / I tried to keep you with me; / My cries begged you to postpone / The dreadful anguish of parting. / But from my bitter ...»