E`legiya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER GER
V tumane dremlet noch`. Bezmolvnaya zvezda 
Skvoz` dy'mku oblakov merczaet odinoko.
Zvenyat bubenczami uny'lo i daleko
Konej pasushhixsya stada.
Kak nochi oblaka, izmenchivy'e dumy' 
Nesutsya nado mnoj, trevozhny' i ugryumy'; 
V nix otbleski nadezhd, kogda-to dorogix, 
Davno poteryanny'x, davno uzh ne zhivy'x.
V nix sozhaleniya... i slyozy'.
Nesutsya dumy' te bez celi i koncza,
To, prevratyas` v cherty' lyubimogo licza,
Zovut, rozhdaya vnov` v dushe by'ly'e gryozy':
To, slivshis` v cherny'j mrak, polny' nemoj ugrozy'
Gryadushhego bor`boj pugayut robkij um,
I sly'shitsya vdali. Nestrojnoj zhizni shum,
Tolpy' bezdushnoj smex, vrazhdy' kovarny'j ropot,
Zhitejskoj melochi nazaglushimy'j shopot,
Uny'ly'j smerti zvon!... 
Predvestnicza zvezda, kak budto polnaya sty'da,
Skry'vaet svetly'j lik v tumane bezotradnom,
Kak budushhnost` moya, nemom i neproglyadnom.

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Elegy", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Élégie", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "Elegie", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Elegie", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 117