Speaking In Tongues
Guided by Voices

Ñòàíèñëàâ Çîëîòöåâ

Stanislav Zolotsev

 Translated by Alec Vagapov

 

ÄÂÀÄÖÀÒÜ ÏÅÐÂÎÅ ÌÀÐÒÀ

THE 21st OF MARCH

 
 
Äåíü âåñåííåãî ðàâíîäåíñòâèÿ!
Ñîëíöå ïëåùåòñÿ âûñîêî.
...Íàì ñåãîäíÿ äî áëàãîäåíñòâèÿ,
êàê äî ñîëíûøêà, äàëåêî.
 
È ëèõèå âûõîäÿò áåäñòâèÿ
èç ïëîä ñíåãà, èç ïîäî ëüäà.
Äåíü âåñåííåãî ðàâíîäåíñòâèÿ —
òû òðåâîæåí, êàê íèêîãäà...
 
À äóøà — âñå ðàâíî áëàæåíñòâóåò,
è ëèêóåò æèâàÿ ïëîòü.
 äåíü âåñåííåãî ðàâíîäåíñòâèÿ
îäàðèë èõ òåïëîì Ãîñïîäü.
 
Ïîòîìó ÷òî çèìà, çëîäåéñòâóÿ,
äóøó âûñòóäèòü íå ñìîãëà.
Äåíü âåñåííåãî ðàâíîäåíñòâèÿ —
ðàâíîâåñüå äîáðà è çëà.
 
 
Vernal equinox. Spring. Day of Parity!
Up above is the flickering sun.
...We are far from the life of prosperity,
as remote as the sun from a man.
 
We have plights and calamities coming
out of ice and from under the snow.
Vernal equinox day, you’re alarming
and disturbing, like never before...
 
Yet the soul is extremely exulting,
and the body is happy and bright
On this equinox day God Almighty
gave them warmth and imbued with delight.
 
For the winter in spite of its violence
was unable to lower the mood.
Vernal equinox is like a balance,
counterpoising evil and good.