Joseph Brodsky – On Ukrainian Independence

On 27.02.201727.02.2017 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Art, Poetry, Russian Art1 Comment

I’ve come across the best translation of this Brodsky’s poem by Artem Serebrennikov. Continue reading “Joseph Brodsky – On Ukrainian Independence” →

Velimir Khlebnikov ‘When Horses Die – They Breathe’

On 03.12.201603.12.2016 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Poetry, Russian Art, Russian language1 Comment

When horses die – they breathe,
When herbs die – they fade,
When suns die – they go dark,
When people die – they sing.

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Когда умирают кони — дышат,
Когда умирают травы — сохнут,
Когда умирают солнца — они гаснут,
Когда умирают люди — поют песни.

(1912)

The Russian Language

On 20.06.2016 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Poetry, Quotes, Russian language, Russian Literature3 Comments

Ivan Turgenev, The Russian Language (prose poem).

In days of doubt, in days of sad brooding on my country’s fate, thou alone art my rod and my staff — oh great, mighty, true and free Russian tongue! But for thee, how not to fall into despair, seeing all that happens at home? Yet who can think that such a language is not given to a great people? Continue reading “The Russian Language” →

Velimir Khlebnikov — Untitled (Things Got Scattered Out of the Bag)

On 02.11.201402.11.2014 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Poetry, Russian Art1 Comment

Kazimir Malevich Black Square White on White — Kazimir Malevich – Black Square, between 1920s-1930s (The State Hermitage Museum); White on White, 1918 (MoMA).

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Alexander Pushkin – To the Slanderers of Russia (1831)

On 24.09.201424.09.2014 By Sergey ArmeyskovIn Poetry, Russian History5 Comments

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

Pushkin's Farewell to the Sea by Ivan Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin (1877) — Ivan Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin – Pushkin’s Farewell to the Sea (1877)

TO THE SLANDERERS OF RUSSIA

Why rave ye, babblers, so — ye lords of popular wonder?
Why such anathemas ‘gainst Russia do you thunder?
What moves your idle rage? Is’t Poland’s fallen pride?
‘T is but Slavonic kin among themselves contending,
An ancient household strife, oft judged but still unending,
A question which, be sure, you never can decide. Continue reading “Alexander Pushkin – To the Slanderers of Russia (1831)” →

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Joseph Brodsky – On Ukrainian Independence

Velimir Khlebnikov ‘When Horses Die – They Breathe’

When horses die – they breathe,
When herbs die – they fade,
When suns die – they go dark,
When people die – they sing.

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Когда умирают кони — дышат,
Когда умирают травы — сохнут,
Когда умирают солнца — они гаснут,
Когда умирают люди — поют песни.

The Russian Language

Velimir Khlebnikov — Untitled (Things Got Scattered Out of the Bag)

Alexander Pushkin – To the Slanderers of Russia (1831)

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

TO THE SLANDERERS OF RUSSIA

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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin

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When horses die – they breathe,
When herbs die – they fade,
When suns die – they go dark,
When people die – they sing.

*******

Когда умирают кони — дышат,
Когда умирают травы — сохнут,
Когда умирают солнца — они гаснут,
Когда умирают люди — поют песни.