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Sergei Esenin (Yesenin)
(4 Oct. 1895 - 27 Dec. 1925)

List of poems

The Drops

Beautiful are pearly drops on a sunny day
When they shine in the arches of gold,
Yet in sorry weather, on damp windows, they
Dread like drops of black autumn’s mould.

People are happy in oblivion; (I was told)
Their stature in the eyes of the others
Matters not, nor do the awards of this world.
(Are people living here, or yonder? I wonder.)

The drops of autumn flood hearts, veins,
And souls with sadness; they wander
While they quietly glide on the window panes,
What fun they seek, what joy? I wonder...

Unhappy people, crushed by life, often foul
Their future with soul-pains of old times,
If joy relieves sadness and heals the soul,
Why they recall the sad, not the happy times?

© Translation by K.M.W. Klara
All rights reserved

Капли

Капли жемчужные, капли прекрасные,
Как хороши вы в лучах золотых,
И как печальны вы, капли ненастные,
Осенью черной на окнах сырых.

Люди, веселые в жизни забвения,
Как велики вы в глазах у других
И как вы жалки во мраке падения,
Нет утешенья вам в мире живых.

Капли осенние, сколько наводите
На душу грусти вы чувства тяжелого.
Тихо скользите по стеклам и бродите,
Точно как ищете что-то веселого.

Люди несчастные, жизнью убитые,
С болью в душе вы свой век доживаете.
Милое прошлое, вам не забытое,
Часто назад вы его призываете.

1912

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