Speaking In Tongues
Ëàâêà ßçûêîâ
© John Kinsella, 2002
© Ðåãèíà Äåðèåâà (ïåðåâîä), 2002
Îá àâòîðå è ïåðåâîä÷èêå:
Äæîí Êèíñåëëà -- àâòîð áîëåå äâàäöàòè êíèã ñòèõîâ, ýññå
è ïðîçû. Ëàóðåàò ìíîãèõ àâñòðàëèéñêèõ, àìåðèêàíñêèõ è áðèòàíñêèõ ïðåìèé.
Ðåäàêòîð ìåæäóíàðîäíûõ æóðíàëîâ: The Kenyon Review, Salt è Stand.
Ïðîôåññîð Êåìáðèäæñêîãî óíèâåðñèòåòà. Ïîýòè÷åñêèé êðèòèê ëîíäîíñêîé ãàçåòû
Observer.
John Kinsella is the author of more than twenty books
whose many prizes and awards include The Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the
John Bray Award for Poetry from The Adelaide Festival, The Age Poetry Book
of The Year Award, The Western Australian Premier's Prize
for Poetry (twice), a Young Australian Creative Fellowship from the former
PM of Australia, Paul Keating, and senior Fellowships from
the Literature Board of The Australia Council.
His Poems 1980-1994 and volume of poetry The Hunt (a
Poetry Book Society Recommendation) were published in May 1998 by Bloodaxe
in the UK and USA, The Undertow: New & Selected Poems (Arc, U.K), Visitants
(Bloodaxe, 1999), Wheatlands (with Dorothy Hewett in 2000), and The Hierarchy
of Sheep (Bloodaxe/FACP, 2001).
He is the editor of the international literary journal
Salt, a Consultant Editor to Westerly (CSAL, University of Western Australia),
Cambridge correspondent for Overland (Melbourne, Australia), and International
Editor of The Kenyon Review. A novel Genre was published in 1997 (Fremantle
Arts Centre Press) and Grappling Eros in late 1998 (FACP).
He co-edited (with Joseph Parisi) a double issue of Australian
poetry for the American journal Poetry and was appointed the Richard L
Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College in the United States
for 2001, and where he is now Professor of English. He is a Fellow of Churchill
College, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor to Edith Cowan University,
Western Australia.
His work has been or is being translated into many languages,
including French, German, Chinese, and Dutch. His new selected poems and
selected experimental poems are forthcoming, as well as a new novel Post-Colonial.
He is senior poetry critic for the Observer newspaper (London).
Regina Derieva was born in the Soviet Union in 1949.
She is the author of nearly twenty books of poems, prose and essays. Since
1999 she lives in Sweden. Her works has been translated into many languages,
including English, French, Swedish, Chinese, and Arabic. Several of Regina
Derieva's poems have been put to music by the Italian composer Armando
Pierucci.
Her books in English translation are Inland Sea and Other
Poems (The Divine Art, South Shields 1998), In Commemoration of Monument
(Art Printing Press, East Jerusalem 1999), Instructions for Silence (Latroun
Abbey, Jerusalem 1999), and The Last Island (Hylaea, Stockholm 2002). English
translations of her poetry has been published inMODERN POETRY IN TRANSLATION,
CROSS CURRENTS, and SALT.
Some additional information can be finding at the following
Web pages: òóò è
òóò.
Íåáåñíûé èìïåðàòèâ
Çóè Áàëëèí è Äæåôó Äîéëó
Âå÷åðíåå íåáî äóøèò ñëîâà.
Êàê äåðåâüÿì è ÷àéêàì, íåò ìåñòà åìó
â ñëîâàðå ïîñëåäíåé ðåàëüíîñòè, -- ïðîñòî
îíî õðàíèëèùå äëÿ êðèòè÷åñêèõ îòõîäîâ.
Íî çäåñü, â Áàðñåëîíå, íåñìîòðÿ
íà òóìàí âûõëîïíûõ ãàçîâ,
îíî æèâåò ðàçìûøëÿÿ. Óëèöû
èñïåùðÿþò äàííóþ ìíîãîöâåòíîñòü
è íàáóõàþò âåíàìè ñâÿòûõ íà
ãðàíè ýêñòàçà; ýòî êàðòèíà,
â êîòîðîé íàïðÿæåííîñòü òåìíîòû
è ñâåòà ðàñêðåïîùàåò, à æàð
Ñðåäèçåìíîìîðüÿ
ãîâîðèò ñàì çà ñåáÿ.
Ïàâèëüîí íî÷è
Øåéìóñó Õèíè
Ïî÷òè ñëåïàÿ è ïî÷òè ñèíÿÿ ñîâà ãëÿäèò
ñåðäèòî, è øåëåñò ñóì÷àòûõ ñðåäè ìóñîðà
ëèñòüåâ íîâ è ñâåæ. Ñíàðóæè íàñòîëüêî ÿðêî,
÷òî äåíü ðèñêóåò ïåðåäåðæàòüñÿ.
Î÷åðåäü ïîñåòèòåëåé êîëåáëåòñÿ íà âõîäå,
ãëàçà ðàñøèðÿþòñÿ, âïèòûâàÿ òåìíîòó
(ñâåò âîçìóùàåò çàêðûòîñòü îòêðûòûõ ãëàç).
Åäâà ðàçëè÷èìàÿ íàäïèñü óòâåðæäàåò,
÷òî ýòî ïðîòèâîïîëîæíûé ìèð, ãäå íî÷ü
ïðèíîñèò ñâîé ñâåò â ñâîé äîì,
à çàîäíî ïðèâû÷íóþ òèøèíó.
ßðêèé ñèãàðîîáðàçíûé îáúåêò,
ïàðÿùèé íàä ãîðîé Óäîâîëüñòâèé
Ïîÿâèëñÿ îí â ïàðêå ó Áðåíòâóäñêîé íà÷àëüíîé
øêîëû è äâèãàëñÿ áûñòðî ïî íàïðàâëåíüþ ê ãîðå
Óäîâîëüñòâèé. ßðêèé ñèãàðîîáðàçíûé îáúåêò,
ìå÷óùèéñÿ ðûâêàìè íàä äåìàðêàöèîííûìè ëèíèÿìè
êëàññà, êîòîðûé, êàê ïðåäïîëàãàåòñÿ, íå ñóùåñòâóåò
â Àâñòðàëèè, íî ñóùåñòâóåò, òàê ÷òî äàæå
ëåéáîðèñòñêèå èçáèðàòåëè ñ ðàäîñòüþ
óñòðåìëÿþòñÿ íà òó ñòîðîíó ãîðû Óäîâîëüñòâèé,
ãäå ãîëîñîâàíèå ïðîèñõîäèò ëèøü ïî ïðè÷èíå
ïîâûøåíèÿ öåí íà ñîáñòâåííîñòü. Îáúåêò
ñëåäîâàë ïóòåì ìîåãî îáû÷íîãî âîçâðàùåíèÿ èç øêîëû:
íà øîññå, êîòîðîå ÿ ñòàë ïåðåáåãàòü, ÷åëîâåê
áåç ëèöà çàêðè÷àë ìíå èç òåìíîãî àâòîìîáèëÿ,
à çàòåì îòêðûë äâåðü è êîãòèñòîé ðóêîé
ïîïûòàëñÿ âòÿíóòü ìåíÿ âíóòðü, ïîêà
ñèãàðîîáðàçíûé îáúåêò íàä ãîëîâîé
ñïîêîéíî ïàðèë, ñëåïÿ ãëàçà,
êàê áóäòî âñåãäà òîð÷àë íà ýòîì ìåñòå, ïûëàÿ àäîì,
âîïðåêè ëåäÿíîìó ïîòó, ñòðóÿùåìóñÿ
ïî ìîåìó ëáó, è îñòàâëÿÿ îòáëåñê â ìîèõ ãëàçàõ.
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