Osip Mandelshtam
- A tentative hollow note..., by Robert Tracy
A tentative hollow note /
As a pod falls from a tree /
In the constant melody /
Of the wood's deep quiet...
- The careful and hollow sound..., by David McDuff
The careful and hollow sound /
of a fruit snapped from a tree /
amidst the neverending song /
of the deep forest silence...
- The distant and obscure sound..., by D. Smirnov-Sadovsky
The distant and obscure sound, /
A fruit fell from a tree among /
Unceasing music of a tongue /
Of forests – silent and profound…
- The muffled sound of the fruit..., by Alistair Noon
The muffled sound of the fruit /
that carefully broke from a branch, /
amid the incessant chant /
of the silence deep in the woods...
- The sound, cautiously subdued..., by Alex Cigale
The sound, cautiously subdued, /
of a fruit having come unglued /
from a tree among unquiet hum /
of the deepest silence of wood.
- The sound, muffled, cautious..., by A. S. Kline
The sound, muffled, cautious: /
of tree’s fruit, falling, /
among endless singing /
silent forest depths…
in german Ossip Mandelstam (deutsch)
- Der Laut — behutsam, stumm..., Ralph Dutli
Der Laut — behutsam, stumm — /
Der Frucht, wenn sie vom Baum sich trennt, /
Die Melodie der Stille um /
Ihn her: der Wälder, ohne End...
- Ein Klang, so zaghaft und so matt..., Vera Jahnke
Ein Klang, so zaghaft und so matt, /
Der Frucht, als sie vom Baum gefallen, /
Wird tief in Waldes Stille hallen /
Als Lied, das nie ein Ende hat...