Wakeful windows shine.
All night long, they’re lit.
Folks there might drink wine,
Or may simply sit.
Two may just hold hands
During warmth and winter:
In each house, my friend,
There is such a window.
Neither wax nor lamps lit the dark away:
It's the eyes, awake.
Dating, life apart!
Candles, screams, this night...
Just three lights could start,
Or a hundred might.
Now my mind can’t rest.
Don’t let prayers be hindered.
As my home was blessed:
I have such a window.
Pray for windows, friend, for the sleepless home,
For the flame, with hope!
Вот опять окно,
Где опять не спят.
Может — пьют вино,
Может — так сидят.
Или просто — рук
Не разнимут двое.
В каждом доме, друг,
Есть окно такое.
Не от свеч, от ламп темнота зажглась:
От бессонных глаз!
Крик разлук и встреч —
Ты, окно в ночи!
Может — сотни свеч,
Может — три свечи...
Нет и нет уму
Моему покоя.
И в моем дому
Завелось такое.
Помолись, дружок, за бессонный дом,
За окно с огнем!
«Bitter and wild — the smell of the earth: / The fields are o’ergrown with dark carnations! / Having flung my garments onto the grass, / I burn, like a candle, in the evening field. / Running into the distance, my steps are moist, / Tenderly naked, I blossom by the water. / Like white...»
«They’ve locked the door of my abode / With a key lost forever; / The Black Angel, my guardian, / Stands with a flaming sword, But my anguish won’t see / The luster of the wreath and the purple of the throne, / And on my maidenly hand — / The useless ring of Solomon. The rubies of...»
«Ego vox ejus! In the blind nights of the new moon, / Filled with a mute anxiety, / Bewitched by a sorceress, / I am standing by a dark window. The candles, doubled by the glass, / Shine both before and behind me, / And the strange appearance of the room / Threatens with the chance of a...»
«The heart of another (yours, reader? / Yours, dreamer? / Yours, stranger?) / Beats in my breast, / Growing heavier, more unrhythmical, / Night and day and even in sleep, / Repeating over and over — / Something I don’t understand. On the wall, the floor, the window — / Silvery ...»