Возьми на радость из моих ладоней
Language: Russian (Русский)
Возьми на радость из моих ладоней
Немного солнца и немного мёда,
Как нам велели пчёлы Персефоны.
Не отвязать неприкреплённой лодки,
Не услыхать в меха обутой тени,
Не превозмочь в дремучей жизни страха.
Нам остаются только поцелуи,
Мохнатые, как маленькие пчёлы,
Что умирают, вылетев из улья.
Они шуршат в прозрачных дебрях ночи,
Их родина — дремучий лес Тайгета,
Их пища — время, медуница, мята.
Возьми ж на радость дикий мой подарок —
Невзрачное сухое ожерелье
Из мёртвых пчёл, мёд превративших в солнце.
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- ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "For your delight please take these from my hands", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-29
Line count: 15
Word count: 81
For your delight please take these from my hands
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский)
For your delight please take these from my hands:
A little of honey and a little of sun --
As Persephone's bees have commanded.
As an untied boat cannot be loosed,
And a fur-booted shadow can't be heard,
Fears of the wilds of life can't be defeated.
The only thing remained to us -- is kisses
The furry kisses, like the little bees,
Which perish flying out of their hive.
They rustle in the clear wilderness of night,
Their homeland is dark forests of Taygetos,
Their food is time, and honeysuckle, and mint.
For your delight please take my awkward present:
This simple unadorned dried necklace
Of dead bees who turned honey into sun.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-29
Line count: 15
Word count: 112