Return into the lap of incest
From where you have descended, Leah,
That yellow twilight you preferred
To golden sun of Ilion.
Go forward, not a hand will touch you,
To father's chest, when night is dead,
And let the night the incest-maker
Let drop your head.
But fateful change that lasts forever
Will take place in you all the same.
You will be Leah and not Helen —
Not, not because this is your name —
And not because it is much harder
Within the veins to pour king's blood —
No, you will love a Judean
Vanish in him — and help you God.
Н. Хазиной
Вернись в смесительное лоно,
Откуда, Лия, ты пришла,
За то, что солнцу Илиона
Ты жёлтый сумрак предпочла.
Иди, никто тебя не тронет,
На грудь отца в глухую ночь
Пускай главу свою уронит
Кровосмесительница-дочь.
Но роковая перемена
В тебе исполниться должна.
Ты будешь Лия — не Елена, —
Не потому наречена,
Что царской крови тяжелее
Струиться в жилах, чем другой —
Нет, ты полюбишь иудея,
Исчезнешь в нём — и Бог с тобой.
«You can't go away. I'm — the prisoner. / You are — the guard. And we have the joined fate. / And we have in the whole emptiness / One written order for both us that day. / / I'm not a restless person, silent! / I have the eyes, quite clear enough! / Let me, my guard, go to a pine...»
«You won't leave alone! I'm a warden, / You're an escort. The fate is one. / And one in the frigid empty / Order for horses is to us given. / / And my temperament is peaceful! / And clear are my eyes! / Let me go, Mr. Escort, now / To take a walk to that pine!»
«You won't leave me! You're the warden. / I'm the convict. We're chained in our lives. / And for both, one expulsion order / To hollowed emptiness applies. / / And my temper is peaceful and passive! / And my vision is clear and fine! / Let me walk off, escort, I ask you, / To take a ...»
«You are no laggard! I — the convict, / You — the guard. A single fate. / We move into the singular void / And pay an equal roadside toll. / / And yet my conscience is at ease! / And yet my eyes can clearly see! / Release me, guard, a moment please — / Play truant with that lo...»