Desert places
Dec. 23rd, 2012 11:46 pmSnow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it - it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.
And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less -
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
WIth no expression, nothing to express.
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars - on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.
(Robert Frost)
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.
The woods around it have it - it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.
And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less -
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
WIth no expression, nothing to express.
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars - on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.
(Robert Frost)
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Date: 2012-12-24 07:51 am (UTC)Собственно, вот:
Темнота и снег превращают холмы в равнину,
На которой у следствия нет причины,
Молодеют скулы земли, занесенной снегом,
Но щетина сухой травы выдает кончину.
Древесина готова обнять ее, став забором,
И, почуяв ее, зверье задохнется в норах,
Даже пьяный в дым я смогу подтвердить любому:
Одиночество ухватило меня за ворот.
Одиночество не нуждается в продолженьи,
И скорее умрет, чем проявит к себе снисхожденье —
Белизна бумажная снежного наста
И посмертная маска всегда лишены выраженья.
По привычке пространство глядит пустыми
Глазницами звезд, на которых не было и в помине
Человечества, но роднее родного дома
Этот ужас собственной ледяной пустыни.
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Date: 2012-12-25 09:37 pm (UTC)