A gleam of light | Through freshly-cleared breaks

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by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960)

Translation © by Richard Shaw

Проблеск света

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Чуть в расчистившиеся прорывы
Солнца луч улыбнётся земле,
Листья ивы средь дымки дождливой
Вспыхнут живописью на стекле.

Я увижу за зеленью моклой
Мирозданья  тайник изнутри,
Как в цветные церковные стёкла
Смотрят свечи, святые, цари.

Из глубин сокровенных природы
Разольётся поток голосов.
Я услышу летящий под своды
Гул и плеск дискантов и басов.

О живая загадка вселенной,
Я великую службу твою,
Потрясённый и с дрожью священной,
Сам не свой, весь в слезах отстою.

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Text Authorship:

by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960), "Проблеск света" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Vladislav Alekseyevich Shoot (1941 - 2022), "Проблеск света", 1988, published 1990 [ medium voice and piano ], revised 2007 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Richard Shaw) , "A gleam of light", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Richard Shaw

This text was added to the website: 2022-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 72

A gleam of light

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Through freshly-cleared breaks
A ray of sun will smile on the earth,
In the haze of rain, willow leaves
Will gleam, like paintings on glass.

Beyond the drenched foliage I’ll see from within
The universe’s treasury;
As in church stained glass,
Candles, saints, rulers watch.

From nature’s hidden depths
A stream of voices will spread.
I’ll hear the rumble and ring
Of trebles and basses fly beneath the arches.

O living mystery of the universe,
I am your great service,
Shaken and trembling with divine revelation.
I stand in tears, a changed person.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960), "Проблеск света"
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 93