The distant and obscure sound,
A fruit fell from a tree among
Unceasing music of a tongue
Of forests – silent and profound…
Translated by D. Smirnov-Sadovsky
Осип Мандельштам Звук осторожный и глухой…
Звук осторожный и глухой
Плода, сорвавшегося с древа,
Среди немолчного напева
Глубокой тишины лесной...
Стихотворение Осипа Мандельштама «Звук осторожный и глухой…» на английском. (Osip Mandelshtam in english).
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 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 t...
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 o...
The sound, muffled, cautious..., by A. S. Kline The sound, muffled, cautious: /
of tree’s fruit, falling, /
among endless singing /
silent forest depths…