Calm is descending on the fields of ripening corn

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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

На нивы жёлтые нисходит тишина

Language: Russian (Русский)

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На нивы жёлтые нисходит тишина,
в остывшем воздухе от меркнущих селений,
дрожа, несется звон... Душа моя полна
разлукою с тобой и горьких сожалений.

И каждый мой упрек я вспоминаю вновь,
и каждое твержу приветливое слово,
что мог бы я сказать тебе, моя любовь,
но что внутри себя я схоронил сурово.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1862 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Calm is descending on the fields of ripening corn,
In the cooling air as the villages fade
A bell resounds . . . My soul is full
Of regret because of my bitter separation from you.

And I remember all of my reproaches,
And each supportive, friendly word
That I could have said to you, my love,
But which I kept firmly buried within myself.

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Translations of title(s):
"На нивы жёлтые нисходит тишина" = "Calm is descending on the fields of ripening corn"
"На нивы жёлтые" = "On the yellowing Fields"
"На нивы жёлтыя нисходит тишина" = "Calm is descending on the fields of ripening corn"

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