UCLA SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES DEPARTMENT AND UCLA RUSSIAN CLUB PRESENT:

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UCLA SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
DEPARTMENTANDUCLA RUSSIAN CLUBPRESENT
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• Seasons in Russian
  poetry
  
• 2006

Constantin Somov
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• Painting by Music by
• Arkhip Kuinji Pert
  Tchaikovsky
  
• (1842 - 1910)
• Vasiliy Polenov The four seasons
• (1844-1927)
• Isaac Levitan Piano Concerto 1
• (1860-1900)
• Constantin Korovin
• (1861-1939)
• Constantin Somov
• (1869-1939)
• Victor Borisov-Musatov
• (1870-1905)
• Boris Kustodiev
• (1878-1927)
• Igor Grabar
• (1871-1960)

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????? ??????Fedor Tutchev

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• Nature is not as you imagine her
• She's not a mold, nor yet a soulless mask-
• She is made up of soul and freedom
• She is made up of love and speech.

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????? ?????? Fedor Tutchev
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Observe the leaves and flowers on a treeWas it
some gardener glued them there?And is a growing
child in the wombThe work of alien, external
forces? They do not see and do not hearThey
live in this world as if in darkness,For them,
it seems, the stars don't breatheAnd ocean waves
are not alive.The sun's rays have not reached
their soul,Spring's never bloomed within their
breast,The forest does not speak to themAnd
starry nights are always mute!And, roiling woods
and rivers With unearthly speech,No storm's
engaged them in the nightIn friendly
conversation!They're not to blame how can the
deafPerceive an organ's sound!Alas, their souls
can not be touchedNot even by a mother's voice!
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??????? ?????????? Nikolay Zabolotsky
  Last night, as I considered death,My soul grew
hard and bitter of a sudden.A doleful day!
Age-old nature itselfPeered out me from the deep
dusk of woodlands.   And the insufferable sadnes
s of disunionRan through my heart, and in that
secondI heard it all, yes all -- the evening
grasses singing,The speech of waters, and the
rock's dead shriek.   And I, a living soul, wand
ered through fields,Tread fearlessly into the
woods,And dead men's thoughts rose as pellucid
pillarsAround me, reaching to the very clouds.
  And Pushkin's voice was clearly heard above the
leafage,And Khlebnikov's own birds were singing
by the water,And then I came upon a rock. The
rock was steadfast,And through it showed the
face of Skovoroda.And all life's creatures, all
the different nationsPreserved imperishable
being,And I myself was not a child of
nature,But was her thought! I was her rippling
mind! Translated by Boris Draluk,2006

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????? Fall

• Isaac Levitan
• (1860-1900)

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Isaac Levitan

• In the brightness of autumn eveningsthere is a
  touching, mysterious charman ominous glitter,
  motley trees,a light, languorous rustle of
  scarlet leaves,a hazy, quiet bluenessacross the
  sadly orphaned worldand, presaging gathering
  storms,at times a gusty snap of wind.Loss.
  Exhaustion. And on it allthere is that gentle
  smile of fadingwhich, in a thinking creature, we
  should callthe divine shame of suffering.

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The September Rose

• To sighs of morning air, that froze,-
• (With her lips opened for a say),
• How curiously has smiled the rose
• On a September fleeting day!
• And how has she ever dared
• To greet, with air of springy queens,
• The single blue-tit, in the bare
• Shrubs fleshing in the orb of wings
• To bloom with steadfast dream that later,
• Just leaving her cold bed in rest,
• Shell cling, the last and dissipated,
• To a young hostesss charming breast!

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October has arrived the grove the last
remainingGold-speckled leaves sheds fast the bo
ughs hang brown and bare  A brook beyond the
mill winds gay and uncomplaining,But i?e
sheathes pond and road - a nip is in the airOff
eager to the chase my neighbour rides,
restrainingHis chafing horse no more while horns
expectant blare,And by the boisterous sport the
distant fields lie shaken,And baying,
hoarse-voiced packs the sleeping woods awaken.

• ?. ?????? A. Pushkin
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Late fall is viewed by most with unconcealed
disfavour,But I am spellbound held, dear
readers, by its mildAnd tranquil loveliness...
No season is there braver,More splendid in its
way. Thus will an unloved childMy warm
affections draw. Nay, friends, I do not waver
When I admit to it my fancy is beguiledBy
autumn's mellow charm. No vain or boastful
lover,The magic hid in it I waywardly discover.
Isaac Levitan
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love it as one might - how shall I best explain?
Love a consumptive maid who, though too early
fatedTo die, meets her decline 'thout murmur, to
complain refusingOn her lips a smile still
plays Death's hated,Grim visage is in sight,
and yet her eye, 'tis plain,Turns from his
yawning jaws he'll claim his long awaited,Long
sought-for prize, unseenHer cheeks are flushed
and redTo-day she is alive, and on the morrow,
dead.
Isaac Levitan
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O drear and cheerless time, you charm the eye and
tenderContentment to the heart. How wondrous to
beholdYour dying beauty is, the lush and
sumptuous splendourOf nature's farewell bloom
the forests clad in goldThe wind's refreshing
breath the azure sky's surrenderTo greyish
pearly haze the pinch of early coldThe fitful
ray of sun, too rare to be persistent,And hoary
winter's threats, still undefined and distant.
Isaac Levitan
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When gracious autumn comes, my heart feels gay
and light,I am alive once more... Benign and
salutaryOur Russian cold is, friends. My sleep,
my appetiteIt benefits, I vow. My very step
grows airyThe daily round of life brings me
renewed delightDesires within me seethe... I'm
young again and merry.So am l built, so made,
for which dull turns of speechYour pardon,
readers mine, herewith do I beseech.

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Isaac Levitan
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Vasiliy Polenov(1844-1927)
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The leaves rustled while flying down,
The forest growled A flock of some grey birds
Circled in the wind along with leafage.
And I was little their confusion
Seemed a careless joke to me The buzz and noise
of this horrifying dance Made me even happier. I
wanted to spin in the forest And shout with this
noisy whirlwind And meet each copper-like leaf
In a joyful, crazy ecstasy!
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Arkhip Kuinji(1842 - 1910)
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???? ????? Ivan Bunin

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Boris Kustodiev
Victor Borisov-Musatov
A forest, like a colorful cabin,
Lilac, golden, vermilion, Stands on the clear mea
dow Like a joyful bright wall. Birches shine in
the blue cerulean Like a yellow carving. Fur tr
ees loom like towers. Glimpses in the sky, like
windows, Appear blue among maple trees Here and
there in the transparent leafage.
A forest smells like oak and pine,
The sun has dried it during the summer.
And the autumn, as a quiet widow,
Enters its bright hut.
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?????????? ???????? Konstantin Balmont ?????
AUTUMN

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Blueberries are blossoming The days become colder
It is gloomier in the heart Because of bird scr
eams. The flocks of birds Are flying away, acros
s the blue sea. All trees shine In bright attir
es. The sun smiles less frequently There is no a
roma in flowers The autumn will wake up soon And
will cry having woken up.
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?????? ?????? Sergey Esenin

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Cleared the cornfield, bare the boughs are,From
still waters mist is rolling,Like a wheel beyond
the mountainsHas the silent sun gone
rolling.Dozing is the cart track yonder.In a
day dream it was thinkingOne won't have to wait
much longerFor the coming of grey
winter.Yesterday as mist came creepingDid not I
see in the darknessLike a foal the bay moon
leapingInto our snow sledge's harness?
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??????? ?????????? Nikolay Zabolotsky
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When day is done and nature doesn't choose
The light to her own taste, The spacious halls of
autumn woods Stand open to the air like clean ho
uses. Hawks live in them, and crows pass the nigh
t, The clouds above them drift like ghosts.
The architecture of
autumn. Its arrangement Of airy space, woods, ri
ver, The arrangement of animals and people, When
through the air the rings and curls of leaves
Are flying and the light is of a certain cast,-
This, among other signs, is what we choose.
A beetle opens up its little house amidst the le
aves And poking out its horns, looks out, The be
etle digs up various roots And puts them in a pi
le, Then bugles through its tiny horn And hides
again, a tiny god.
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Isaac Levitan

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• But here comes the wind. All that was clean,
• Spacious, shiny, dry,-
• All has turned gray, unpleasant, hazy,
• Indistinct. The wind dispels the smoke,
• Tosses the leaves into piles, whirls the air,
• And explodes the surface of the land like
  powder.
  
• And all of nature starts to freeze.
• A maple leaf, like copper,
• Resounds against a tiny twig.
• And we must understand this as a sign,
• The nature sends to us
• As she sets out on another season.

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???? Winter
Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927)
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   Snow, frost and sunshine lovely
morning!Yet you, dear love, its magic
scorning,Are still abed... Awake, my
sweet!..Cast sleep away, I beg, and,
rising,Yourself a northern star, the
blazingAurora, northern beauty, meetLast night
a snowstorm raged, rememberA turbid haze swam
in the sombre,Wind-ravaged sky, and through the
greyMurk of the clouds the moon shone dully,And
you sat listless, melancholyBut now - look out
the window, pray
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A.S. PushkinWinter Morning

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Boris Kustodiev

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'Neath lucid skies of clearest azureThe winter's
rich and dazzling treasure,Her gorgeous rugs of
snow are spread.The wood is etched against them
darkly,The furs, rime-starred, are green and
sparklingIn shiny mail the stream is clad.A
mellow glow like that of amberIllumes the
room... 'Tis good to lingerBeside the gaily
crackling stove,And think and dream... But let
our honestBrown mare without delay be
harnessedThat we may take a sledge ride,
love.We'll give free rein to her, and
lightly,The snow of morning gleaming
brightly,Skim over It, and, full of glee,Cross
empty fields and empty meadows,A once thick wood
with trees like shadows,A stream and shores long
dear to me.
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A.S. Pushkin   Winter Evening

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Igor Grabar
O'er the earth a storm is prowling,Bringing
haze and driving snow.Like a beast I hear it
howling,Like an infant wailing low.Now the
thatch it rustles, playingOn our roof now at
our paneRaps like someone homeward strayingAnd
benighted in the plain.Old our hut is, dark and
dreary,By a candle dimly lit....Why so sad, my
dear, and wearyAt the window do you sit?Is't
because the storm is moaningThat bemused and
still you keep?Does your spindle's mournful
droningPut you quietly to sleep?
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Come, ? comrade solitaryOf this cheerless youth
of mine,Let us fill our cups and buryAll our
woes in frothing wine!Of a maid out by a
riverSing a little song to meOr a busy bird
that neverLeaves its home beyond the sea.O'er
the earth a storm is prowling,Bringing haze and
driving snow.Like a beast I hear it
howling,Like an infant wailing low.Come, O
comrade solitaryOf this cheerless youth of
mine,Let us fill our cups and buryAll our woes
in frothing wine!
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?.?. ?????? S.A. Esenin

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Igor Grabar
Through fields of virgin snow I roam,Fresh
lilies bursting in my heart.The dusk to guide my
footsteps homeHas lit a bright blue
candle-star.Is it light or dark? I cannot
say.Is that a cock sings, or the breeze?Perhaps
not winter came todayBut white swans settled in
the fieldsHow smooth the snow is and how
white!Blood tingles in the frosty air!Close to
my body how I'd likeTo press the birch-tree's
bosom bare.What sadness does the forest
hold!The snowbound field what glad surprise!O
how I'd love now to enfoldWithin my arms the
willow's thighs.
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?. ???????? A. Akhmatova

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The cloud up in the wintry sky was furry,A
squirrel skin, pale grey, a trifle faded.He
said "You know, I'm not the least bit sorryThat
you will melt in March, my frail Snow Maiden."My
hands turned cold inside the muff I
carried...Fear and confusion came, my heart
ceased beating.O how to get them back - that
swift-gone, airyLove and those weeks of it, so
brief, so fleeting!Hate? No. Revenge? What for?
I'll do without it.O to be dead at winter's end
and buried!On Twelfth Night, dazed, I asked the c
ards about him I was his love for most of
January.
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Igor Grabar (1871-1960)
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Rus', you are but a kiss in the frost!The
midnight roads are bluing.Lips joined in a blue
lightning bolt,Clasped, he and she are
bluing.Sometimes at night lightning would
sparkFrom the caress of two mouths.And a
bluing, languished lightning boltWould swiftly
outline two coats.And the night would shine
intelligent and dark.
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The blizzards covered up the earthAnd roamed
uncurbed.The candle burned upon the deskThe
candle burned. As in the summer, moths are drawn
Towards the flame,The pale snowflakes flownUnto
the pane. Upon the glass, bright snowy ringsAnd
streaks were churned.The candle burned upon the
desk,The candle burned. On the illumined ceiling
Shadows swayed,A cross of arms, a cross of
legs,A cross of fate
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? ?????? ??? ?????????? ?????? ?? ???.? ????
??????? ? ????????? ?????? ?????.
? ??? ???????? ? ??????? ????????? ?
?????.????? ?????? ?? ?????,????? ??????.
?? ?????? ???? ?? ????,? ??? ???????????????,
??? ?????, ??? ??????????????????.
???? ???? ????? ? ???????,? ?? ? ?????????
?????? ?? ?????,????? ??????
Two boots fell down on the floorWith crashing
sound.And from the crown tears of waxDripped on
the gown. And nothing in the snowy hazeCould be
discerned.The candle burned upon the desk,The
candle burned. A gentle draft blew from the corne
r,Flame in temptationWould raise two wings into
a crossAs if an angel. It snowed a lot all throu
gh the month,This frequently occurredThe candle
burned upon the desk,The candle burned.
Igor Grabar
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????? Spring
Victor Borisov-Musatov
(1870-1905)
35
?. ?????? A. Pushkin
?????, ?????, ???? ?????, ??? ????? ???
???? ???????, ????? ?????? ???????? ? ???? ????,
? ???? ?????... ??? ????? ?????? ???????????...
???, ??? ?????? ? ???????, ??????? ????? ?
????????. ______ ??????? ??? ?????? ?
????? ? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????.
Isaac Levitan
The spring, the spring, the time of love,
How difficult for me it is to see you,
What a languid excitement Is in my soul, in my bl
ood, How strange is the pleasure to the heart, E
verything that rejoices and shines
Brings boredom and yearning to me.
Give me back the snowstorm and blizzard
And the long winter night darkness.
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?. ???????? A. Akhmatova

• ????? ?????? ?????? ??? ?????
• ??? ??????? ?????? ???????? ???,
• ????? ??????? ??????-?????,
• ? ?????? ????? ????? ? ?????.
• ? ???????? ????? ??????? ????,
• ? ???? ?????? ?? ???????,
• ? ????? ??, ??? ?????? ???????,
• ??? ?????, ? ????????? ?????.

There are such days before the spring,
The meadow rests under dense snow
The warm wind is tender and resilient
The body is surprised by its lightness
You do not recognize your home
You sing with agitation The song that has annoye
d you before.
Isaac Levitan
37
??????? ?????? Valeriy Bryusov

• ?? ? ?????? ??? ???? ????
• ????????? ?, ??????
• ??????? ??????? ?????,
• ??????, ???????, ???? ?????
• ?, ???? ?????? ??????,
• ????? ???????? ??????.
• ??? ???????, ? ??? ????,
• ?? ????? ????? ??????????
• ???? ???????????? ??????,
• ??????? ?????, ??? ???, ??????????
• ?????? ???????? ??????
• ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ???????.

??????
IN THE SPRING
Russia, I am observing your fields not for the
first time. Upturned soil is darkening Hard oats
tremble, bending down. The dear grooves of birch
es also tremble, quickly moving leaves.
Here is a slope and here is the river
The church tower is behind the forest.
The open space is limitlessly wide.
The vastness of meadows is spacious,
The clouds are moving slowly So high above the fu
ll life.
Isaac Levitan
38
?? ?????????, ???? ???, ??? ?????? ????? ????? ??
???! ??? ????? ?????, ?? ??????, ???? ???????? ?
??? ??????! ? ? ???? ????????? ?????? ????? ? ??
?????? ????? ????.
You are unchangeable, the cornfield valleys.
When the fresh heads blossom tenderly
The dream of new tillage, you are beautiful,
The new day caresses you! And a joyful calling fr
om the sky Spreads in the spring wind again.
39
????? ?????? Fedor
Tutchev?????
SPRING
??? ?? ?????? ???? ????????, ??? ?? ????? ?????
?????, ??? ?? ??????? ???? ??????? ? ?????? ???
?? ????? ??? ????? ?? ??????? ?????????? ?? ??
???? ?????????,- ??? ?????? ????? ???????? ? ??
???? ???????? ?????! ?????... ??? ? ??? ?? ?????,
? ???, ? ???? ? ? ??? ??????????? ???? ?? ????
?, ? ?? ??????? ?? ????. ????? ??????? ???? ????
????, ? ???????? ??? ??????? ? ???, ??????, ????
????-??????????, ??? ???????? ?????????.
No matter how much the hand of fortune presses,
Or the lies torment people Or the wrinkles furrow
the forehead, Or how many wounds there are in th
e heart Or whichever strict challenges you are su
bjected to What will resist the breath and the
first coming of the spring? Oh, Spring! She does
not know you, You, or grief, or harm. Her sight
shines immortality She has no wrinkles on the fo
rehead She obeys solely her own rules She comes
to you at the defined hour She is clear and godly
indifferent.
40
????? ?????? Fedor
Tutchev
????? ????? ? ?????? ???, ????? ????????, ??????
????, ??? ?? ??????? ? ?????, ???????? ? ???? ??
?????. ?????? ??????? ???????, ??? ?????? ??????
?, ???? ?????, ??????? ????? ????????, ? ??????
???? ???????. ? ???? ????? ????? ?????????, ? ??
?? ?? ??????? ?????? ???, ? ??? ?????? ? ??? ????
???? - ??? ?????? ?????? ??????. ?? ??????? ???
????? ????, ????? ???????? ????, ???????????? ??
??? ? ????, ??????, ?? ????? ???????.
I love the storm in the beginning of May
When the first spring thunder Playfully roars in
the blue sky. Young peals growl, The rain sprink
les, there is dust in the air.
And the sun shines on the rainy threads.
A forceful stream runs down the mountain.
Bird screams do not stop in the forest.
Forest rumpus, mountain noise
All resonates joyfully to thunders.
You will say Careless Thebe,
Feeding Zeus eagle, Has laughingly spilled The
loudly-boiling potion from the sky.
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?. ??? A. Fet

• ? ?????? ? ???? ? ????????,
• ??????????, ??? ?????? ??????,
• ??? ??? ??????? ??????
• ?? ?????? ??????????? 
• ??????????, ??? ??? ?????????,
• ???? ?????????, ?????? ??????,
• ?????? ?????? ????????????
• ? ???????? ????? ?????? 
• ??????????, ??? ? ??? ?? ????????,
• ??? ?????, ?????? ? ?????,
• ??? ???? ??? ??? ?? ???????
• ? ???? ??????? ??????
•  ??????????, ??? ????????
• ?? ???? ???????? ????,
• ??? ?? ???? ???, ??? ????
• ???? - ?? ?????? ????? ?????.

I have come to you with salutation
To tell you that the Sun has risen
That it has shined its warm light
On foliage. To tell you that the forest has awake
ned That each branch of it has woken up Every bi
rd has woken up And the forest is full of spring
thirst. To tell you that with similar passion as
yesterday I have come to you again That my soul
is still ready to serve Happiness and you. To te
ll you that everything reminds me
Of happiness That I do not know myself, that I wi
ll sing But the song is being born.
Arkhip Kuinji
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?. ???? A. BLOK

• ?, ????? ??? ????? ? ??? ???? -
• ??? ????? ? ??? ???? ?????!
• ????? ????, ?????! ????????!
• ? ??????????? ?????? ????!
• ???????? ????, ???????,
• ? ?????, ???? ??? ??????!
• ? ????????????? ??????? ?????,
• ? ????? ????? - ????????? ???!
• ???????? ???????? ?????,
• ???? ? ??????? ?????? ????,
• ???? ??? ??????????? ?????
• ??????????, ??????? ?????!
• ???????? ????????? ????!
• ? ??????? ?????? ???????!
• ??????????? ??????? ??????????
• ? ???????? ?????? ??????!

Oh, the endless Spring A dream without a beginnin
g or an end! I am recognizing you, life! Acceptin
g! And I am welcoming you with a sound of a shiel
d! I am accepting you, misfortune, And here is m
y salutation to you, luck! Crying in the mystifie
d sphere, There is nothing shameful in the myster
y of laughter! I am accepting sleepless arguments
The morning in the dark shades of the window So
that the spring disturbs and intoxicates
My inflamed sights. I am accepting desert surrou
ndings! And the wells of earthly cities Lighted
by the openness of skies And the anxiousness of s
lavery labors.
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?. ???? A. BLOK
? ???????? ???? ? ?????? - ? ?????? ?????? ? ????
??? ??????, ? ????????????? ?????? ???? ?? ?????
??? ? ?????? ?????... ????? ???? ?????????? ???
????? ??????? ? ?? ????? ????... ??????? ?? ????
???? ?? ?????... ?? ??? ???? - ???????? ?????!
? ??????, ? ?????? ???????, ????????, ????? ?
???? ?? ???????, ?? ?????? - ? ???? - ??? ?????
???????? ????!
And I am meeting you at the door
With crazy wind in snake-like curls
With an outguessed name of God
And cold and firmly pressed lips
I will never drop my shield Before this enemy-li
ke meeting You will never reveal your shoulders
But above us is an intoxicating dream.
And I am looking and measuring hostility
Hating, swearing, and loving For torments, for de
ath I know- Still I am accepting you!
44
?????????? ????????? Innokenty Annensky
? ????? IN MARCH

• ???????? ??????? ?? ???????? ??????,
• ?????? ???? ????? ?? ??????!
• ?? ??????? ????? ? ????????? ??????
• ????-?????? ?????!
• ??? ????????? ??????? ????? ????????
• ?????? ??? ? ?????? ???,-
• ?????? ??? ?????? ?? ???? ???????,
• ?? ?????? ????!
• ?????? ??? ???????? ?? ????????? ?????
• ?? ????? ?? ??????????? ????,
• ?????? ??? ?? ???????? ???? ??????
• ?, ?????, ???????? ?? ???? ????...
• ?????? ???... ? ???? ???...

Forget the birds on odorous flowers
Only do not forget the morning of love
And bright black chest Of the revived soil in de
ad leaves. She only desired once Between pieces
of her snowy shirt Only once fiery March primed h
er And more intoxicating than water! We could no
t take our eyes Off the inflated earth even once
Only once we intertwined cold hands And,
trembling, left the garden Only one timethat tim
e
45
?????????? ????????? Innokenty Annensky

• ???????? ??????
• ??? ?? ????????? ????,
• ?? ????? ??? ??? ?? ?????
• ??? ?? ???? ??????,
• ?? ??????? ????? ??????? ?????.
• ????? ???????????? ?????
• ?? ?????? ???????? ?????????...
• ??? ?? ?????? ??, ?? ????
• ?? ???????? ??? ?? ??????...

Constantin Somov
SPRING ROMANCE The river is not reigning still B
ut it melts its blue ice already
The clouds are not still melting
But the Sun has not still drunk the snowball.
You bother your heart with noise
Through half-open doors You are still not loving
But you already cannot love.
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?????? ??????????

• ?? ??????, ??? ??????? ?????????? ?????, ???
  ????? ????? ?? ??????????? ?? ????? ??????? ???
  ???????,??? ????? ????? ???????????
  ?????!??????? ?? ???????????? ?????? ??
  ?????????????? ??????????????????? ? ??????
  ?????????? ??????????? ?????? ??????? ???
  ????????? ??????? ??????, ??? ????? ????
  ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ????????,? ???
  ??????? ????? ? ?????????????? ?????? ?????
  ?????????????, ??????? ??, ??????????
  ?????,????????? ??????, ?????? ?????? ???!???
  ???????? ??, ???? ?????, ?????!????? ?? ??? ???
  ??????, ??? ??????

Have you heard how the sparrow laughs?
Have you seen how the thunderstorm runs in the
forest? Knocks on the bright leaves stronger and
stronger, As hundreds of thousands of crazy demon
s! Have you touched pulsing eyelids Of the tulip
s that have not yet blossomed?
Have you splashed in the azure of transparent
rivers? Have you looked through the sticky juice
of woody wound? Have you heard how the dew sings
at times On the thin downy fingers of feather gra
ss, And how the raylet, a bit sleepy and aureate,
Chirps in the morning in the hair? Oh, how many
there are of them, of wondrous minutes,
Of tender moments, like the wings of a fairy!
How to detain them, cause they are running,
running! Melancholy of them is more rough, more a
cute!
47
???? Summer
Vasiliy Polenov
48
????? ??????Fedor Tutchev
Constantin Somov

• ?????? ?????
• ?? ?????? ??????????? ???
• ? ????? ????? ????? ???????,
• ? ?????? ?????? ?????
• ????? ??????? ?????????.
• ?? ?????? ??????? ??????
• ? ?????????? ??? ????
• ???????? ???? ??????????
• ?????? ???????? ???????.
• ???? ????????? ??????
• ????? ??? ????? ? ??????,
• ????? ????? ????? ? ???????,
• ????????????? ?? ????.
• ? ??????? ??????, ??? ?????,
• ?? ????? ???????? ???????,
• ??? ?? ??????? ??? ??
• ????????? ???????? ????.

SUMMER EVENING The earth has dumped a fireball F
rom its head And the sea wave Has swallowed the
calm evening fire. Clear stars have risen And ha
ve lifted with their dumpy heads
The sky, pressing on us. The airy river runs bett
er between the sky And the ground. It is easier
and freer to breathe, The chest liberated from s
ummer heat. And sweet excitement as a stream Ran
through the veins of Nature As if source waters
Touched her hot legs.
49
??????? ?????? Nikolay Ogarev
Constantin Somov

• ??????? MIDDAY
• ???????? ?????? ????? ?
• ?? ????? ???????? ? ?????? ???
• ? ??? ??????, ? ??? ????? ?
• ????? ?????? ?? ???? ?????.
• ? ?????????? ????? ?????
• ? ?? ????????? ???????
• ? ??? ????? ???? ??????,
• ? ? ??? ??????? ?????????
• ??????? ?????, ??? ??????,
• ? ???? ???????? ????????,
• ?? ??????? ????? ????????,
• ? ????? ??? ??? ????? ??????...
• ? ?? ????? ???????? ???????? ???
• ??? ???? ????????? ????????
• ??????? ? ????? ??????,
• ??? ??????? ???? ???????
• ? ? ??????? ?????-?? ???????.

I leave to a dark forest at hot midday
For vanitous rest And lie down there and look Be
tween treetops onto the sky space
And sights endlessly sink In their blue vastness
And the forest is noisy And there are
conversations there The bird is singing, the bee
tles are buzzing And the dried leaf shuffles Fal
ling accidentally on old dried grass
And all sounds are still full of mystery
At that time, I feel a strange feeling
Filling my heart. Being lost in the blue heights
She listens to the forest noise And is half
asleep in a strange unconsciousness.
50
?????????? ???????? Konstantin Balmont
Isaac Levitan

• ?????? August
• ??? ???? ??????, ?????? ? ?????????,
• ????????? ???????????? ???????.
• ????????? ????????? ?????,
• ?? ??????? ???????? ? ??????? ????????.
• ? ??? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???????,-
• ? ??? ?????? ?????? ???????? ?????,
• ????????, ???????? ????? ????????
• ? ?????? ?? ????? ???????????.
• ? ????????? ???, ???? ??????? ?????,
• ????????? ??????? ????????,
• ?????? ?????? ????? ????? ??????.
• ??????? ??? ???????? ?????,
• ? ? ???? ???????? ????? ?????
• ? ?????? ???? "??????" ? ????? ??????.

How August is clear, tender, and calm!
Having realized the momentousness of beauty
Having added gold to tree leaves
It has secluded feelings into beautiful order.
A hot midday seems to be a mistake
Sad dreams seem to be more relevant to it.
Coolness, beauty of calm simplicity
And rest from noisy life. For the last time, in f
ront of the sharp edge of the knife,
Full heads are gorgeous Earths fruits are everyw
here instead of flowers The sight of heavy grass
heaps is exciting And a flock of allouettes flies
in the sky that sends forgive with cries to de
ar places.
51
As promised and without deception,The sun
passed through in early morningIn a slanting
saffron stripeFrom the curtain to the sofa.It
covered with burning ochreThe neighboring woods,
village houses,My bed, the wet pillowAnd the
strip of wall behind the bookshelf.I remembered
for what reasonThe pillow was slightly damp.I
dreamed that you were coming to my wake,One
after another through the woods.You were coming
in a crowd, in ones and twos,Suddenly, someone
remembered that it wasAugust sixth by the old
calendar,The Transfiguration of Christ.Usually,
a light without firePours this day from Mt.
TaborAnd autumn, clear as an omen,Compels the
gaze of all.And you walked through the scant,
beggarlyNaked trembling alder groveInto the
ginger-red cemetery woods,
?. ????????? B. Pasternak
?????? August

• ??? ???????, ?? ?????????,
• ???????? ?????? ????? ????
• ????? ??????? ??????????
• ?? ???????? ?? ??????.
• ??? ??????? ?????? ?????
• ???????? ???, ???? ???????,
• ??? ???????, ??????? ??????
• ? ???? ????? ?? ??????? ??????.
• ? ????????, ?? ?????? ??????
• ?????? ????????? ???????.
• ??? ???????, ??? ?? ??? ?? ???????
• ??? ?? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???????.
• ?? ??? ??????, ????? ? ??????,
• ????? ???-?? ????????, ??? ???????
• ?????? ??????? ?? ???????,
• ???????????? ????????.
• ??????????? ???? ??? ???????
• ??????? ? ???? ???? ? ??????,
• ? ?????, ????? ??? ????????,

52

• ????????, ??? ???????? ??????.
• ? ?????????? ??? ?????????
• ????????????? ???? ?????,
• ? ???????? ??????????
• ????????????? ???? ????????.
• ? ???? ???????? ???????????
• ?????? ?????? ????? ???????,
• ?????? ? ???? ??? ???????,
• ???? ?????? ??? ??? ?? ?????.
• ??? ????? ?????? ?????????
• ????????? ????? ???-?? ?????.
• ?? ??????? ????? ??? ????????????
• ??????, ?????????? ????????
• "??????, ?????? ??????????????
• ? ?????? ??????? ?????.
• ?????? ????????? ?????? ???????
• ??? ?????? ???????? ????.
• ????????, ???? ?????????????!
• ?????????, ?????? ????????

Burning like glazed ginger bread.A solemn sky
vergedUpon its silent heights,And distance
called outIn drawling rooster voices.In the
woods, among the gravestonesDeath stood like a
government surveyor,Looking at my dead faceTo
dig my grave to measure.All sensed the
presenceOf someone's calm voice nearby.It was
my old prophetic voiceThat rang, untouched by
decay"Farewell to the azure of
TransfigurationAnd the gold of the Second
coming.Soothe the woe of my fatal hourWith a
woman's parting caress.Farewell to the trackless
years!Let's say goodbye, o, woman who hurlsA
challenge to the abyss of humiliation.I am your
battlefield.Farewell to you unfurled
wing-span,Free, persistent flight,The world's
image, captured in a word,Creative work, and
miracle-working.
Isaac Levitan
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?????? ???????? MARINA TSVETAEVA

• ?????? - ?????,
• ?????? - ??????,
• ?????? - ??????
• ????????? ? ??????
• ?????? - ??????!
• ???????????, ?????????????
• ??????? ????? ?????????,
• ??? ????, ???????, ??????.
• ??? ???????, ??????? ??????
• ?????? ????? ?????????
• ??????!- ??????!
• ????? ??????? ????????,
• ??????? ??? ? ?????? ???????!
• ?????? ???????? -
• ??????!- ?????
• ?????? ????????!

August - asters August stars August - bunches
Of grapes and rusty ash berry August, you are
playing as a child With a heavy and kind imperial
apple. You are caressing the heart as if with a
palm, With your imperial name August! Heart! A
month of late kisses, Late roses and late lighten
ing! Of star rains- August!- a month Of star ra
ins!
Isaac Levitan
54
?????? ?????????????????? ?????

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•   ???? ?? ???? ??? ???????? ?????,  ?? ? ?????
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  ???????, ???????.
  
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  ????? ?? ????, ? ????? ??????  ?????????? ?
  ???? ??? ???????.