To her | Pearls adorn the grass

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by Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev (1880 - 1934), as Andrei Bely

Translation © by Emily Ezust

К ней

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Травы одеты перлами.
Где-то приветы
Грустные слышу,
Приветы милые...
Милая, где ты,
Милая!

Вечера светы ясные, 
Вечера светы красные
Руки воздеты:
Жду тебя,
Милая, где ты,
Милая?

Руки воздеты:
Жду тебя,
В струях
Леты смытую
Бледными Леты
струями...
Милая, где ты,
Милая!

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Text Authorship:

by Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev (1880 - 1934), as Andrei Bely, written 1908, first published 1909 [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "К ней", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 2 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To her", copyright © 2016
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À elle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 42

To her

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Pearls adorn the grass.
From somewhere 
I hear mournful greetings,
Cherished greetings...
Dear one, where are you?
Dear one!

The lights of evening are clear,
The lights of evening are red,
My arms raised,
I await you,
Dear one, where are you?
Dear one?

My arms raised,
I await you;
In the streams,
Lethe washes the years away,
Pale Lethe,
In the streams,
Dear one, where are you?
Dear one!

Note: in Greek mythology, Lethe is a river in the underworld whose water, when drunk, causes forgetfulness.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Boris Nikolayevich Bugayev (1880 - 1934), as Andrei Bely, written 1908, first published 1909
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-01
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Word count: 70