I’ve come across the best translation of this Brodsky’s poem by Artem Serebrennikov. Continue reading “Joseph Brodsky – On Ukrainian Independence”
Joseph Brodsky – On Ukrainian Independence
Tag: Russian Poetry
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.
(1912)
The Russian Language
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)
Continue reading “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
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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