by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967)

El Dios triste
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Mirando la alameda de otoño lacerada,
la alameda profunda de vejez amarilla,
como cuando camino por la hierba segada
busco el rostro de Dios y palpo su mejilla.

Y en esta tarde lenta como una hebra de llanto
por la alameda de oro y de rojez yo siento
un Dios de otoño, un Dios sin ardor y sin canto
¿y lo conozco triste, lleno de desaliento!

Y pienso que tal vez Aquel tremendo y fuerte
Señor, al que cantara de locura embriagada,
no existe, y que mi Padre que las mañanas vierte
tiene la mano laxa, la mejilla cansada.

Se oye en su corazón un rumor de alameda
de otoño: el desgajarse de la suma tristeza.
Su mirada hacia mí como lágrima rueda
y esa mirada mustia me inclina la cabeza.

Y ensayo otra plegaria para este Dios doliente,
plegaria que del polvo del mundo no ha subido:
"Padre, nada te pido, pues te miro a la frente
y eres inmenso, ¿inmenso!, pero te hallas herido".

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Pečalnyj bog
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Gljažu na alleju, osen' eë ogolila;
Alleja ot starosti stala žëltoj, glubokoj.
JA s tem že čuvstvom po skošennym travam chožu:
Išču lik Boga, choču pogladit' ego ščëku.
 
I v ėtot večer medlitel'nyj, slovno prjaden'e
Iz slëz, v zolotoj i krasnoj allee
JA nyne vižu osennego Boga, bez žara, bez pen'ja
V pečali, toske i unyn'e.
 
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I v serdce ego tol'ko šum osennej allei,
Šum listopada, kak stony velikoj pečali;
Vzgljad ego, kak sleza, nado mnoj golubeet
Pod ėtim vzgljadom pustym moi ruki upali.
 
Išču molitvu dlja ėtogoboga bol'nogo,
Iz pracha zemnogo ne voznosilas' takaja:
«Tebja ni o čëm ne prošu, so mnoj tvoë slovo,
O da, ty velik, no duša u tebja bol'naja».

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•   E. Denisov 

E. Denisov sets stanzas 1-2, 4-5

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