{"id":1793,"date":"2011-01-31T23:08:37","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T23:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/?p=1793"},"modified":"2014-07-17T14:31:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T14:31:43","slug":"russian-poetry-%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%b4-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/russian\/russian-poetry-%d0%bb%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b9-%d1%81%d0%b0%d0%b4-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Poetry: \u041b\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are taking a break from posts about \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438<\/span>\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [the history of Kiev] to do something a bit more literary today. In my Russian class, we have been working on a poem for the past two weeks. It’s called \u00ab\u041b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434\u00bb<\/strong> [Summer Garden], written by the wonderful \u00ab\u0410<\/span>\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u00bb<\/strong> [Anna Akhmatova]. \u00ab\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430<\/span> \u044f \u0431\u044b\u043b\u0430<\/span> \u0432 \u041f\u0438<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0435, \u041b\u0435<\/span>\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434 \u0431\u044b\u043b \u0437\u0430\u043a\u0440\u044b<\/span>\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [When I was in Piter (St. Petersburg), the Summer Garden was closed].\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh, as an important side note: it’s been a week today since the \u00ab\u0442\u0435\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u043a\u0442\u00bb<\/strong> [terrorist attack] in \u00ab\u0414\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0434\u0435<\/span>\u0434\u043e\u0432\u043e\u00bb<\/strong> [Domodedovo]. Our very own Yelena wrote a moving post<\/a> last week. Perhaps, after you read this, you could observe a moment of silence to remember the victims and their families.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here is the poem:<\/p>\n

\u042f \u043a \u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u043c \u0445\u043e\u0447\u0443<\/span>, \u0432 \u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0435\u0434\u0438<\/span>\u043d\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434,
\n\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u043b\u0443<\/span>\u0447\u0448\u0430\u044f \u0432 \u043c\u0438<\/span>\u0440\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u043e<\/span>\u0438\u0442 \u0438\u0437 \u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u0434,<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0413\u0434\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0443\u0438 \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044f\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f<\/span> \u043c\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0439,
\n\u0410 \u044f \u0438\u0445 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043d\u0435<\/span>\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u044e \u043f\u043e<\/span>\u043c\u043d\u044e \u0432\u043e\u0434\u043e<\/span>\u0439.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Translation:<\/p>\n

I want to be with the roses, in the one and only garden,
\nWhere the best fence in the world is,<\/em><\/p>\n

Where the statues remember me when I was young,
\nAnd I remember them under the waters of the Neva.<\/em><\/p>\n

One thing that struck me we read the poem \u00ab\u0432\u0441\u043b\u0443\u0445\u00bb<\/strong> [out loud] was how much prepositions blend with the words after them: \u00ab\u043a \u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u043c\u00bb<\/strong> really sounds like \u00ab\u043a\u0440\u043e<\/span>\u0437\u0430\u043c\u00bb<\/strong>, as if it were one word.<\/p>\n

Here are the next four lines of the poem. I absolutely love the imagery.<\/p>\n

\u0412 \u0434\u0443\u0448\u0438<\/span>\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439 \u0442\u0438\u0448\u0438<\/span> \u043c\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0443 \u0446\u0430<\/span>\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043b\u0438\u043f
\n\u041c\u043d\u0435 \u043c\u0430\u0447\u0442 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0435<\/span>\u043b\u044c\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043c\u0435\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0449\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u0418 \u043b\u0435<\/span>\u0431\u0435\u0434\u044c, \u043a\u0430\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u0436\u0434\u0435, \u043f\u043b\u044b\u0432\u0451\u0442 \u0441\u043a\u0432\u043e\u0437\u044c \u0432\u0435\u043a\u0430<\/span>,
\n\u041b\u044e\u0431\u0443<\/span>\u044f\u0441\u044c \u043a\u0440\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u043e<\/span>\u0435\u0433\u043e \u0434\u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Translation:<\/p>\n

In the fragrant quiet between regal lime trees
\nThe creak of the ship’s masts is haunting me.<\/em><\/p>\n

And the swan, as before, sails through the ages,
\nAdmiring the beauty of its double.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0432\u044b \u0434\u0443<\/span>\u043c\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0435 \u043e \u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445\u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435<\/span>\u043d\u0438\u0435?\u00bb<\/strong> [What do you think of the poem?]<\/p>\n

I confess I have tricked you a bit, \u00ab\u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0438<\/span>\u0435 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430<\/span>\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438\u00bb<\/strong> [dear readers]. That’s only half the poem. You’ll have to wait to Wednesday \u00ab\u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430<\/span>\u044f\u00bb<\/strong> [part two] of this post…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

We are taking a break from posts about \u00ab\u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u044f \u041a\u0438\u0435\u0432\u0430\u00bb [the history of Kiev] to do something a bit more literary today. In my Russian class, we have been working on a poem for the past two weeks. It’s called \u00ab\u041b\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u0434\u00bb [Summer Garden], written by the wonderful \u00ab\u0410\u043d\u043d\u0430 \u0410\u0445\u043c\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u00bb [Anna Akhmatova]. \u00ab\u041a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u044f…<\/p>\n

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