by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949)

Bright be the place of thy soul!
Language: English 
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Bright be the place of thy soul!
  No lovelier spirit than thine
E'er burst from its mortal control,
  In the orbs of the blessed to shine.

On earth thou wert all but divine,
  As thy soul shall immortally be;
And our sorrow may cease to repine,
  When we know that thy God is with thee.

Light be the turf of thy tomb!
  May its verdure like emeralds be:
There should not be the shadow of gloom
  In aught that reminds us of thee.

Young flowers and an evergreen tree
  May spring from the spot of thy rest;
But not cypress nor yew let us see,
  For why should we mourn for the blest?

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First published in Examiner, June 1815, titled "Stanzas" and signed B---n; revised 1816.

Confirmed with The Complete Works of Lord Byron, ed. by John Galt, Esq., Paris, Baudry's European Library, 1837, page 53.


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Сияй в блаженной, светлой сени!
 (Sung text for setting by A. Gretchaninov)
 Matches original text
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Сияй в блаженной, светлой сени!
Из душ, воскресших в оный мир,
Не целовал прелестней тени
Сестер благословенный клир.

Ты все была нам: стань святыней,
Бессмертья преступив порог!
Мы боль смирим пред благостыней,
Мы знаем, что с тобой — твой Бог.

Земля тебе легка да будет,
Могила как смарагд светла,
И пусть о тленьи мысль забудет,
Где ты в цветах весны легла.

И в своде кущ всегда зеленых
Да не смутит ни скорбный тис
Сердец, тобой возвеселенных,
Ни темнолистный кипарис.

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