by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation © by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949) and by Emily Lehrman

Зимнее утро
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI FRE
Мороз и солнце; день чудесный!
Еще ты дремлешь, друг прелестный -
Пора, красавица, проснись:
Открой сомкнуты негой взоры
Навстречу северной Авроры,
Звездою севера явись!

Вечор, ты помнишь, вьюга злилась,
На мутном небе мгла носилась;
Луна, как бледное пятно,
Сквозь тучи мрачные желтела,
И ты печальная сидела -
А нынче... погляди в окно:

Под голубыми небесами
Великолепными коврами,
Блестя на солнце, снег лежит;
Прозрачный лес один чернеет,
И ель сквозь иней зеленеет,
И речка подо льдом блестит.

Вся комната янтарным блеском
Озарена. Веселым треском
Трещит затопленная печь.
Приятно думать у лежанки.
Но знаешь: не велеть ли в санки
Кобылку бурую запречь?

Скользя по утреннему снегу,
Друг милый, предадимся бегу
Нетерпеливого коня
И навестим поля пустые,
Леса, недавно столь густые,
И берег, милый для меня.

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  • Also set in English, a translation by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman (b. 1949) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission and by Emily Lehrman , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Leonard J[ordan] Lehrman.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "冬天的早晨 ", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Matin d'hiver", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-09-15
Line count: 30
Word count: 121

Winter morning
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
Arise, my darling, day is breaking!
The frost, the sunshine - it's exquisite!
It's time, my lovely one, for waking;




Last night, remember how the blizzard
Across the darkening sky was raging:
The moon, pale yellow, shown astride
The murky clouds of gloom presaging;
You seemed so saddened, hope forsaking.
And now, just... take a look outside:

Beneath the azure firmament,
Resembling a magnificent
White carpet, glistening lie the snows;
The only darkeness to be seen -
The woos; through frost the first are green,
While 'neath the ice the river glows.

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Researcher for this page: Leonard Lehrman

This text was added to the website: 2016-09-15
Line count: 15
Word count: 90