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Along my street for a few running years
I hear the steps — the friends of mine are leaving.
The slow leaving of my dear friends
Is welcomed by the darkness of the evening.
Oh, Solitude, your nature is so coarse.
You start rotating steadily your compass --
How slowly the circle’s getting closed --
Without attending to my useless promise.
I will tiptoe in your enchanted woods,
Where -- at the end of the belated gesture
I’ll find a leaf and bring it to my face,
And sense my orphanhood as a desired rapture.
Grant me the silence of your reading rooms,
Grant me the solemn tunes of your performance…
So gaining wisdom I'll forget all those
Who passed away and who are still among us.
Then I will know wisdom and chagrin,
The objects will confide in me their spirit.
The nature leans against my shoulders -- and
Will open up to me its childish secrets.
And only then from darkness and from dreams,
From times -- of hidden innocence -- passed over,
The lovely features of my dear friends
Will come again to disappear forever.
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Ïî óëèöå ìîåé êîòîðûé ãîä
Çâó÷àò øàãè — ìîè äðóçüÿ óõîäÿò.
Äðóçåé ìîèõ òàèíñòâåííûé óõîä
Òîé òåìíîòå çà îêíàìè óãîäåí.
Î, îäèíî÷åñòâî, êàê òâîé õàðàêòåð êðóò,
Ïîâåð÷èâàÿ öèðêóëåì æåëåçíûì,
Êàê ìåäëåííî òû çàìûêàåøü êðóã,
Íå âíåìëÿ óâåðåíüÿì áåñïîëåçíûì.
Äàé âñòàòü íà öûïî÷êè â òâîåì ëåñó,
Íà òîì êîíöå çàìåäëåííîãî æåñòà,
Íàéòè ëèñòâó è ïîäíåñòè ê ëèöó,
È îùóòèòü ñèðîòñòâî êàê áëàæåíñòâî.
Äàðóé ìíå òèøü òâîèõ áèáëèîòåê,
Òâîèõ êîíöåðòîâ ñòðîãèå ìîòèâû,
È, ìóäðàÿ, ÿ ïîçàáóäó òåõ,
Êòî óìåðëè èëè äîñåëå æèâû.
È ÿ ïîçíàþ ìóäðîñòü è ïå÷àëü,
Ñâîé òàéíûé ñìûñë îòêðîþò ìíå ïðåäìåòû.
Ïðèðîäà, ïðèñëîíÿñü ê ìîèì ïëå÷àì,
Îáúÿâèò ñâîè äåòñêèå ñåêðåòû.
È âîò òîãäà èç ñíîâ, èç òåìíîòû,
Èç òàéíîãî íåâåæåñòâà áûëîãî
Äðóçåé ìîèõ ïðåêðàñíûå ÷åðòû
Ïîÿâÿòñÿ è ðàñòâîðÿòñÿ ñíîâà.
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