by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

It was many and many a year ago
Language: English 
It was many and many a year ago,
   In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know	
   By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought	
   Than to love and be loved by me.
 
I was a child and she was a child,
   In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love,
   I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the wing'd seraphs of heaven	
   Coveted her and me.
 
And this was the reason that, long ago,
   In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling	
So that her highborn kinsmen came	
   And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre	
   In this kingdom by the sea.
 
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
   Went envying her and me;
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
   In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
   Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
 
But our love it was stronger by far than the love	
   Of those who were older than we,
   Of many far wiser than we;
And neither the angels in heaven above,
   Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul	
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:
 
For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams	
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes	
   Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side	
Of my darling - my darling - my life and my bride,
   In her sepulchre there by the sea,
   In her tomb by the sounding sea.

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Annabel'‑Li
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Ėto bylo davno, ėto bylo davno,
‎V korolevstve primorskoj zemli: —
Tam žila i cvela ta, čto zvalas' vsegda,
‎Nazyvalasja Annabel'-Li,
JA ljubil, byl ljubim, my ljubili vdvoëm,
‎Tol'ko ėtim my žit' i mogli.

I, ljubov'ju dyša, byli oba det'mi
‎V korolevstve primorskoj zemli,
No ljubili my bol'še, čem ljubjat v ljubvi, —
JA i nežnaja Annabel'-Li,
I, vziraja na nas, serafimy nebes
‎Toj ljubvi nam prostit' ne mogli.

Ottogo i slučilos' kogda-to davno,
‎V korolevstve primorskoj zemli, —
S neba veter povejal cholodnyj iz tuč,
‎On povejal na Annabel'-Li;
I rodnye tolpoj mnogoznatnoj sošlis',
‎I eë ot menja unesli,
Čtob naveki eë položit' v sarkofag,
‎V korolevstve primorskoj zemli.

Poloviny takogo blaženstva uznat'
‎Serafimy v raju ne mogli, —
Ottogo i slučilos', (kak vedomo vsem
‎V korolevstve primorskoj zemli), —
Veter noč'ju povejal cholodnyj iz tuč
‎I ubil moju Annabel'-Li.

No, ljubja, my ljubili sil'nej i polnej
‎Tech, čto starosti bremja nesli, —
‎Tech, čto mudrost'ju nas prevzošli, —
I ni angely neba, ni demony t'my
‎Razlučit' nikogda ne mogli,
Ne mogli razlučit' moju dušu s dušoj
‎Obol'stitel'noj Annabel'-Li.

I vsegda luč luny navevaet mne sny
O plenitel'noj Annabel'-Li;
I zažžëtsja l' zvezda, vižu oči vsegda
‎Obol'stitel'noj Annabel'-Li;
I v mercan'i nočej ja vsë s nej, ja vsë s nej,
S nezabvennoj — s nevestoj — s ljubov'ju moej —
‎Rjadom s nej rasprostërt ja vdali,
‎V sarkofage primorskoj zemli.

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