В темном аде, под землею
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE
В темном аде, под [землею],
Тени грешные томятся;
Стонут девы, плачут жены,
И тоскуют, и крушатся...
Всё о том, что не доходят
Вести в адские пределы -2
Есть ли небо голубое?
Есть ли свет ещё там белый?
[И на]3 свете -- церкви божьи
И иконы золотые,
И как прежде, за станками,
Ткут ли девы молодые?
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1 Tchaikovsky: "zemlej"
2 Tchaikovsky adds the line: "Zheny plachut, stonut: "
3 Tchaikovsky: "Jest' li v"
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- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "Neo-Greek Song", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 54
Neo‑Greek Song
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский)
In dark hell, under the earth,
ghosts of sinners are languishing;
maidens are moaning, wives are weeping
and pining, and are afflicted...
all about the fact that news does not reach
into the boundaries of hell --
[the wives are weeping, moaning]: is there a pale-blue sky?
Does the wide world still exist there?
Are there in the world churches of God
and golden icons,
and do young maidens
weave at looms as before?
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This text was added to the website: 2005-05-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 73