Already now the weary day
Has through the purple waves descended;
The cooling shades have fast extended;
The azure arch of heaven grows gray!
And solemn Night with peaceful pinions
Comas winging through her vast dominions,
And Hesper with his glittering star
Is herald of her flight afar!
To us, O heavenly Night, draw near
With Slumber’s welcome chalice hovering,
With magic curtain all things covering,
To weary hearts bring peace and cheer!
Soothe with thy presence so pacific,
With thy sweet music soporific,
As mothers soothe their babes to rest,
The soul by sorrow’s pangs distrest.
Уже утомившийся день
Склонился в багряные воды,
Темнеют лазурные своды,
Прохладная стелется тень;
И ночь молчаливая мирно
Пошла по дороге эфирной,
И Геспер летит перед ней
С прекрасной звездою своей.
Сойди, о небесная, к нам
С волшебным твоим покрывалом,
С целебным забвенья фиалом,
Дай мира усталым сердцам.
Своим миротворным явленьем,
Своим усыпительным пеньем
Томимую душу тоской,
Как матерь дитя, успокой.
«Maybe, it's too late or, maybe, early, / It has not occurred to me for years, / I resemble now Don Juan, really, / Like a proper flippant man of verse. / / What's the matter? What has happened, really? / Every day I have some other chick. / And I lose self-pity, willy-nilly, / And d...»
«I'm tired of living in my land / With boring fields and buckwheat fragrant, / I'll leave my home for ever, and / Begin the life of thief and vagrant. / / I'll walk through silver curls of life / In search of miserable dwelling. / My dearest friend will whet his knife / On me. The...»
«Canes have started rustling on the river bank, / Princess-girl is crying with her face pale, blank. / / Pretty girl has chanted "loves me — loves me not", / The unwoven flowers down the river float. / / She is not to marry later in the spring, / Goblin has foretold a very fright...»
«Stars little stars, you're so high and so clear! / What have you got in you, so fascinating? / Stars, deep in thought, so discreet you appear, / What is the power that makes you so tempting? / / Stars, little stars, you're so dense and so solid! / What is it that makes you so great and ...»