Marina Tsvetaeva





Marina Tsvetaeva





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  • Hamlet's Dialogue with his Conscience

    -She’s at the riverbed, in algae, covered
    With weeds... She went to sleep there,
    But there’s no dream! How did it happen?
    -But I loved her,
    Loved more than forty thousand brothers
    Ever could have loved!
    -Hamlet!

    She’s at the riverbed in algae, covered
    With algae!... And her final garland has
    Surfaced by the bank upon a log…
    - But I loved her,
    Loved more than forty thousand…
    -Still less
    Than just a single lover could have loved.

    She’s at the riverbed, with algae covered.
    - But I -
    (bewildered)
    loved her??


    Диалог Гамлета с совестью

    - На дне она, где ил
    И водоросли... Спать в них
    Ушла, - но сна и там нет!
    - Но я ее любил,
    Как сорок тысяч братьев
    Любить не могут!
    - Гамлет!

    На дне она, где ил:
    Ил!.. И последний венчик
    Всплыл на приречных бревнах...
    - Но я ее любил
    Как сорок тысяч...
    - Меньше,
    Все ж, чем один любовник.

    На дне она, где ил.
    - Но я ее –
    (недоуменно)
    любил??


    Marina Tsvetaeva, 1923
    Translated by Andrey Kneller







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