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hoddionFrom “East Cocker”
What is the late November doing
With the disturbance of the spring
And creatures of the summer heat,
And snowdrops writhing under feet
And hollyhocks that aim too high
Red into grey and tumble down
Late roses filled with early snow?
Thunder rolled by the rolling stars
Simulates triumphal cars
Deployed in constellated wars
Scorpion fights against the Sun
Until the Sun and Moon go down
Comets weep and Leonids fly
Hunt the heavens and the plains
Whirled in a vortex that shall bring
The world to that destructive fire
Which burns before the ice-cap reigns.
From “Little Gidding”
Ash on and old man's sleeve
Is all the ash the burnt roses leave.
Dust in the air suspended
Marks the place where a story ended.
Dust inbreathed was a house—
The walls, the wainscot and the mouse,
The death of hope and despair,
This is the death of air.
There are flood and drouth
Over the eyes and in the mouth,
Dead water and dead sand
Contending for the upper hand.
The parched eviscerate soil
Gapes at the vanity of toil,
Laughs without mirth.
This is the death of earth.
Water and fire succeed
The town, the pasture and the weed.
Water and fire deride
The sacrifice that we denied.
Water and fire shall rot
The marred foundations we forgot,
Of sanctuary and choir.
This is the death of water and fire.
What is the late November doing
With the disturbance of the spring
And creatures of the summer heat,
And snowdrops writhing under feet
And hollyhocks that aim too high
Red into grey and tumble down
Late roses filled with early snow?
Thunder rolled by the rolling stars
Simulates triumphal cars
Deployed in constellated wars
Scorpion fights against the Sun
Until the Sun and Moon go down
Comets weep and Leonids fly
Hunt the heavens and the plains
Whirled in a vortex that shall bring
The world to that destructive fire
Which burns before the ice-cap reigns.
From “Little Gidding”
Ash on and old man's sleeve
Is all the ash the burnt roses leave.
Dust in the air suspended
Marks the place where a story ended.
Dust inbreathed was a house—
The walls, the wainscot and the mouse,
The death of hope and despair,
This is the death of air.
There are flood and drouth
Over the eyes and in the mouth,
Dead water and dead sand
Contending for the upper hand.
The parched eviscerate soil
Gapes at the vanity of toil,
Laughs without mirth.
This is the death of earth.
Water and fire succeed
The town, the pasture and the weed.
Water and fire deride
The sacrifice that we denied.
Water and fire shall rot
The marred foundations we forgot,
Of sanctuary and choir.
This is the death of water and fire.
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Date: 2011-11-17 11:05 am (UTC)Потрясения весны
Дней цветения примяты
Где подснежники примяты
И у мальвы жалкий вид
Стебелек поблек и сник
В поздних розах ранний снег?
Гром падучих звезд дробится
Словно мчатся колесницы
В боевом строю сразиться
Против Солнца Скорпион
И Луну низложит он
Вой Комет и Леонид
Небеса и землю страсть
Увлекает в вихрь войны
В тот огонь где мир горит
Покуда льда не придет власть.
(Из «Ист Коукер», перевод А.Пробштейна)
Пепел на рукаве старика -
Пепел розового лепестка.
Пыль, поднявшаяся столбом,
Выдает разрушенный дом.
Пыль, оседающая в груди,
Твердит, что все позади
И не надо мечтать о звездах.
Так умирает воздух.
Потоп и засуха в свой черед
Поражают глаза и рот,
Мертвые воды, мертвый песок
Ждут, что настанет срок.
Тощая выжженная борозда
Намекает на тщетность труда,
Веселится, не веселя.
Так умирает земля.
Вода и огонь унаследуют нам,
Городам, лугам, сорнякам.
Вода и огонь презрят благодать,
Которую мы не смогли принять.
Вода и огонь дадут завершенье
Нами начатому разрушенью
Храмов, статуй, икон.
Так умрут вода и огонь.
(Из «Литтл Гиддинг», перевод А.Сергеева)