I saw night. She before me

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Я видел ночь. Она передо мной

Language: Russian (Русский)

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Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Вся в черном шла, прекрасная, живая,
Волшебница с поникшей головой,
Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая.

Прозрачен был её воздушный стан;
Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет,
И в тишине, как ласковый обман
Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет.

Казалось мне, желанная зовёт
Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью.
И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд,
Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!

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Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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I saw night. She before me

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I saw night. She before me
Walked, all in black, lovely, alive, 
A sorceress with bowed head
With lightening flashing like glances.
 
Transparent was her light figure;
But I felt her sultry, tremulous breath.
And in the silence, like a tender illusion, 
Whispering from invisible lips was heard.

It seemed that the desired one was calling me
After her towards love and pleasure.
And I walked and walked, 
Totally consumed by her fire and shadow.

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"Летная ночь" = "Summer night"
"Видение" = "Apparition"

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