Speaking In Tongues
Ëàâêà ßçûêîâ

Àííà Ãëàçîâà

2 íåäåëè ó ðåêè

Anna Glazova

2 weeks by the river


Translated by Mx


1

Ðåêà —
æåëåçíûé ãëàç.
Ìèíåðàëüíûì
ëàçóðíûì çðà÷êîì
÷åðåïîê áóéêà.
Èç-ïîä íàâèñøåãî
âåêà ãðîçû
ñîëíöå ñêàòèëîñü
ñåðíîé ñëåçîþ
âíèç.

1

The river is
the iron eye.
The mineral
cerulean pupil is
the shard of a float.
From under the hovering
lid of the tempest
the sun's trickled down,
a sulphuric
tear.


2

 
Ëîñêóò èñò¸ðòîãî íåáà —
îòâèñëûé êàðìàí.
Ïòèöû, êàê ìåòêè
ïîðâàííûõ øâîâ,
è êàê ãîðñòü ãðîøåé,
óïàâøèõ â ïðîðåõè,
îòðàæåíèÿ ïòè÷üèõ ãëàç
â ïîðæàâåëîé ðåêå.


2

 
The rag of the scuffed sky is
the flappy pocket.
The birds are like tacks
of torn seams,
like a handful of pennies
that fall through the tears,
the birds' eyes reflecting
in the rusted through river.


3

 
Ðîâíîå òåëî òåïëà.
Òâ¸ðäûé ïîêîé.
Ñîëíöå ñúåäàåò ãðÿçü
ïîð÷åííûõ ôðóêòîâ ñ çåìëè.
ßáëî÷íûé õðóïêèé ñêåëåò
ðàçáèâàåòñÿ â ïûëü.


3

An even body of warmth.
A solid tranquility.
The sun eats the muck
of spoilt fruit off the soil.
The apples' thin scaffold
is smashed into dust.


4

Îäíàæäû ïîäíÿòîå,
çàòåêëî ïëå÷î ëåòà
ñîêîì äîæäåé,
è ñòðóèòñÿ òåïëîì
ñêâîçü óïàâøèé ðóêàâ
âîëîêíèñòîãî ñâåòà.


4

 
Once raised,
the shoulder of summer is cramped
with the juices of rains
and the warmth trickles down
all along its fallen sleeve
of the stalky light.


5

Ïàäàåò êàìåíü.
Âåòåð ñ ñåâåðà
÷àéêó ê âîëíàì
òåñíèò.
Ÿ ãîëîñ
ñòðàõîì åðîøèò
áîëåçíåííûõ
ðûá ÷åøóþ,
è äàëüøå òå÷¸ò âîäà.


5

 
The stone is falling.
The wind from the north
drives a gull to the
waves.
And its voice
fearsomely ruffles
the scales of
sickly fishes
and the water flows on.


6

 
Âûðâàí ãëàç îáëàêîâ
ñ ñèíèì ðàçðÿäîì áîëè.
̸ðòâîé ñëÿêîòüþ
äîæäü îïîëçàåò
ïî çåìëèñòûì ùåêàì
èç ãëàçíèöû óâå÷íîãî íåáà.


6

 
Torn out is the eye of the clouds
with the blue charge of pain.
The rain slumps down
like some dead sludge
along the earthy cheeks
from the crippled sky's eyepit.


7

 
Ñòåëåòñÿ ãëàäêàÿ ïûëü.
Ïëîñêîå òåëî âîäû.
ßáëî÷íûé çàïàõ ñêîëüçèò;
ÿáëîíè æèâîðîäÿò.
Õî÷åò ïîäíÿòüñÿ âîäà.
Ïðîëåæíè íà ðåêå.
Êîæà ïëîõîé âîäû:
ðÿáü, ñèíÿêè áóéêîâ,
è íà ãðóäè âîäû
ÿáëîêè, êàê çåë¸íûå
ëèöà óòîïøèõ äåòåé.


7

 
The smooth dust spreads even.
The flat corpse of water.
The apple smell glides;
the trees are in travail.
The water flows over.
Bedsores on the river.
The bad water's skin:
the ripples, the bruises of buoys,
and over the water's breast
the apples like greenish
faces of children who drowned themselves.