{"id":1497,"date":"2010-10-11T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2014-07-17T13:56:13","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T13:56:13","slug":"russian-seasons-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-seasons-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Seasons – Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00ab<\/strong>\u0423\u043d\u044b<\/span>\u043b\u0430\u044f <\/strong>\u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>, <\/strong>\u043e\u0447\u0435<\/span>\u0439 <\/strong>\u043e\u0447\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u044c\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [a melancholy season, bewitchment for the eyes] – that\u2019s how Alexander Pushkin described \u00ab<\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [autumn]. The classic wasn\u2019t alone in \u00ab<\/strong>\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb<\/strong> [celebration, lit.: singing of praises] of this \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 <\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u0437\u043e<\/span>\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [sunset season].<\/p>\n

Russian poets love autumn (ok, it\u2019s called Fall here, in the USA, but autumn seems a bit more romantic to me). Poetic descriptions of \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u044f <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb<\/strong> [golden autumn] include such adjectives as \u00ab<\/strong>\u043b\u0438\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [lyrical], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0443\u0432\u044f\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u044e\u0449\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [withering], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [melancholy], but also \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u044b<\/span>\u0448\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [magnificent], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u0430\u0433\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0447\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [mysterious], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [wondrous], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u043f\u043e\u043a\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u0430\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [calm].<\/p>\n

The colors of autumn for their exalted brilliance – \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u0430\u0433\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [scarlet], \u00ab<\/strong>\u043f\u0443\u0440\u043f\u0443<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [purple], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [golden], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u043e\u0440\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [burgundy]. As the autumn draws to a close and winter nears, the colors fade and disappear into \u00ab<\/strong>\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [white], \u00ab<\/strong>\u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [black] and \u00ab<\/strong>\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [grey].<\/p>\n

\u00ab<\/strong>\u041e\u0431\u043d\u0438\u0449\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e <\/strong>\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044c\u0435\u0432 <\/strong>\u0437\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [Golden leaves have grown threadbare] writes \u00ab<\/strong>\u0412\u044f\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0432 <\/strong>\u0418\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Vyacheslav Ivanov] comparing late autumn with poverty. \u00a0\u00ab\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0433\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b \u0441\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0440\u0430\u0447\u043d\u044b\u0435 \u0434\u043d\u0438 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0437\u0432\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0438 \u0445\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0439\u00bb<\/strong> [How sad are the gloomy days of autumn, silent and cold] writes \u00ab<\/strong>\u0410\u0444\u0430\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u0441\u0438\u0439 <\/strong>\u0424\u0435\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [Afanasi Fet]. And yet, most if not all poems about the season are anything but hopeless or depressing.<\/p>\n

Fet himself admits that \u00ab<\/strong>\u041d\u043e <\/strong>\u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0434\u043d\u0438, <\/strong>\u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> <\/strong>\u0432 <\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0438<\/span> <\/strong>\u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 <\/strong>\u0443\u0431\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0432 <\/strong>\u0433\u043e\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0445 <\/strong>\u043e<\/span><\/strong>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c <\/strong>\u0438<\/span><\/strong>\u0449\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u0432\u0437\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0432 <\/strong>\u0438 <\/strong>\u0437\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439\u043d\u044b\u0445 <\/strong>\u043f\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0439 <\/strong>\u043b\u044e\u0431\u0432\u0438<\/span>\u00bb<\/strong> [But there are days when, in the blood of golden-leafed wear, autumn searches for blazing glances and sultry whims of love].<\/p>\n

So I figured we haven\u2019t played a literary game in a while. Why not now? Let\u2019s make it about autumn and Russian poets. Can you match these six poems to their authors?<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00ab<\/strong>\u041f\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u0435\u0442 <\/strong>\u0431\u0440\u0443\u0441\u043d\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0430,
\n<\/strong>\u0421\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u0438 <\/strong>\u0434\u043d\u0438 <\/strong>\u0445\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0435,
\n<\/strong>\u0418 <\/strong>\u043e\u0442 <\/strong>\u043f\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0447\u044c\u0435\u0433\u043e <\/strong>\u043a\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u043a\u0430
\n<\/strong>\u0412 <\/strong>\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0435 <\/strong>\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u043e <\/strong>\u0433\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0435.<\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Cranberries are ripening,<\/p>\n

Days have grown colder,<\/p>\n

The heart is saddened<\/p>\n

With birds\u2019 clamor]<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00ab\u041b\u0435\u0441, \u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0442\u0435<\/span>\u0440\u0435\u043c \u0440\u0430\u0441\u043f\u0438\u0441\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439,
\n\u041b\u0438\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u044b\u0439, \u0437\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0439, \u0431\u0430\u0433\u0440\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u044b\u0439,
\n\u0412\u0435\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0439, \u043f\u0435<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u044e \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u043e<\/span>\u0439
\n\u0421\u0442\u043e\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0441\u0432\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043b\u043e\u044e \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f<\/span>\u043d\u043e\u0439.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Forest, just like a painted palace –<\/p>\n

Purple, golden, scarlet –<\/p>\n

Stands over a bright glade<\/p>\n

As a cheery dappled wall.]<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00ab\u041e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c. \u0414\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u043a
\n\u0421\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u044b\u0445 \u043a\u043d\u0438\u0433, \u043e\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434, \u043e\u0440\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u044c\u044f,
\n\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0432\u0438\u0449 \u043a\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043e<\/span>\u0433
\n\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u0430.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Autumn. An ancient corner with<\/p>\n

Old books, dresses, weapons,<\/p>\n

Where biting frost is leafing through<\/p>\n

The catalog of treasure.]<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00ab\u0415\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432 \u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439
\n\u041a\u043e\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0442\u043a\u0430\u044f, \u043d\u043e \u0434\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span> \u2014
\n\u0412\u0435\u0441\u044c \u0434\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0438<\/span>\u0442 \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0431\u044b \u0445\u0440\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0439,
\n\u0418 \u043b\u0443\u0447\u0435\u0437\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b \u0432\u0435\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>…\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[At the beginning of autumn<\/p>\n

There is a short, but wondrous time<\/p>\n

When days seem made of crystal<\/p>\n

And evenings are radiant\u2026]<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00ab\u041d\u0438<\/span>\u0432\u044b \u0441\u0436\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044b, \u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0449\u0438 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u044b,
\n\u041e\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0434\u044b<\/span> \u0442\u0443\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u0438 \u0441\u044b<\/span>\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c.
\n\u041a\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0441\u043e<\/span>\u043c \u0437\u0430 \u0441\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0438 \u0433\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u044b
\n\u0421\u043e<\/span>\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435 \u0442\u0438<\/span>\u0445\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Fields are reaped, woods are bare,<\/p>\n

Fog and dampness rise from water.<\/p>\n

Wheel-like, quiet sun rolls down<\/p>\n

Behind blue mountains.]<\/p>\n

6. \u00ab\u0417\u0430\u043f\u043b\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043e<\/span>\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0412 \u043e\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0430\u0445 \u0447\u0451<\/span>\u0440\u043d\u044b\u0445, \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0434\u0446\u0430<\/span> \u0442\u0443\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0442…<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0438\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u044f \u043c\u0443<\/span>\u0436\u043d\u0438\u043d\u044b \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430<\/span>,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u041e\u043d\u0430<\/span> \u0440\u044b\u0434\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u043d\u0435\u0442.\u00bb<\/strong><\/p>\n

[Tear-stained autumn like a widow<\/p>\n

Dressed in black, dimming all hearts\u2026<\/p>\n

Recalling her husband\u2019s every word,<\/p>\n

She won\u2019t stop crying.]<\/p>\n

And the poets are:<\/p>\n

a) \u00ab\u041a\u043e\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0438<\/span>\u043d \u0411\u0430<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [Konstantin Balmont]<\/p>\n

b) \u00ab\u0424\u0451<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0440 \u0422\u044e<\/span>\u0442\u0447\u0435\u0432\u00bb<\/strong> [Fyodor Tyutchev]<\/p>\n

c) \u00ab\u0418\u0432\u0430<\/span>\u043d \u0411\u0443<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Ivan Bunin]<\/p>\n

d)<\/strong> \u00ab\u0410<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Anna Ahmatova]<\/p>\n

e) \u00ab\u0411\u043e\u0440\u0438<\/span>\u0441 \u041f\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u00bb<\/strong> [Boris Pasternak]<\/p>\n

f) \u00ab\u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435<\/span>\u0439 \u0415\u0441\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u043d\u00bb<\/strong> [Sergei Yesenin]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

\u00ab\u0423\u043d\u044b\u043b\u0430\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0440\u0430, \u043e\u0447\u0435\u0439 \u043e\u0447\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u044c\u0435\u00bb [a melancholy season, bewitchment for the eyes] – that\u2019s how Alexander Pushkin described \u00ab\u043e\u0441\u0435\u043d\u044c\u00bb [autumn]. The classic wasn\u2019t alone in \u00ab\u0432\u043e\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435\u00bb [celebration, lit.: singing of praises] of this \u00ab\u0437\u0430\u043a\u0430\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0435\u0437\u043e\u043d\u00bb [sunset season]. Russian poets love autumn (ok, it\u2019s called Fall here, in the USA, but autumn seems a bit more romantic…<\/p>\n

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