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  •  09-06-2006, 3:47 PM 12727

    Need help (Russian poems)

    Hello Everybody, Well, I'm new here, on this site... I'm a hungarian girl, i live and study in Italy. And I need your help to undestand better some Russian poems that I try to translate in Italian... My Russian is not so good, i studied it when i was a child, but i try to not forget it... I studying european war poetry and I found many russian poems about ww1, ww2 and Spinish Civil War... Now I have just some doubt, so maybe you could help me to translate a few lines in English: 1) Апостол Петр, бери свои ключи, Достойный Рая в дверь его стучит. 2) Чтоб не ластились к ним дома звери 3) А в полдень подчеркнул штабного палец Захваченную утром высоту. В кастильском нищенском селенье 4) Сколько чувств доконала, затерла Слов и звуков пустая игра! Канарейке ответила ругань, Полоумный буфет завизжал, Показался мне голосом друга Батареи запальчивый залп. 5) У победы крыльев нет как нет, У нее тяжелая ступня, Пот и кровь от грубого ремня 6) Чтобы руки, чтобы ружья, чтобы тень Наломать, как первую сирень, Чтобы в яму, к черту, под откос, Только б целовать ее взасос! 7) когда нас берут за горло, естественно взяться за нож. … и, вглядываясь в лезвиё, начать находить отныне лишь в нем отраженье свое, - … И этой одной надежде на смертный рубеж вести. 8) Но знаю по смертной тоске своей, как ты умирал, Париж. … Я знаю, как ты сдавался, Париж, по бессилию моему. … я знаю по ненависти своей, как ты восстанешь, Париж! 9) на детских сапках, узеньких, смешных, в кастрюльках воду голубую возят, дрова и скарб, умерших и больных. 10) Чтобы к жизни, вставшей за словами, к правде, влитой в каждую строку, совестью припасть бы, как устами в раскаленный полдень - к роднику. Thank you in advance for your kind availability!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  •  09-06-2006, 4:59 PM 14806 in reply to 12727

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    Let's take a stab at, eh, poets? I apologize for lack of rhyme. 1) Apostle Peter, pick up your keys, The one who deserves an entry into heaven knocks on its door. 2) So the animals (in this case pets) would not fawn them at home. _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
  •  09-06-2006, 6:27 PM 14823 in reply to 12727

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    3) And at noon, the finger of an HQ man (man working in the military head quarter) underlined The hill (high point of some sort) seized in the morning. The line between 3 and 4: In Castilian puper village. . . 4)How many feelings were ended, erased By an empty game of words and sounds! Canary heard the swearing as a reply, Half-minded (meaning crazy here) canteen (might mean cupboard) screeched, And the volley of (artillery) battery Seemed to me like voice of a friend. 5) The victory does not have wings, never did, It has a heavy foot, Sweat and blood from rough belt. . . _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
  •  09-06-2006, 7:20 PM 14824 in reply to 12727

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    Thank you so much!!! Your help is really-really precious for me... :-)
  •  09-06-2006, 7:28 PM 14825 in reply to 12727

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    Boy, I feel encouraged now. . . 6) So hands (or arms), so rifles, so shadows To pick them like first lilac, So into a pit, to the devil, under a slope, Only to French kiss her (zasos is vulgar expression for French kiss in Russian) 7) When someone takes us by throat It's natural to pick up a knife … And looking into the blade From now on, find Your reflection only in it … And this only hope Leads us to the deadly boundary _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
  •  09-06-2006, 7:36 PM 14826 in reply to 12727

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    8) But I know By my own melancholy, How you were dying, Paris. … I know, how you were surrendering, Paris, I know by my own weakness. … I know by my own hatred, How you will rise (rebel), Paris! 9)on kids' sleighs, narrow, funny (meaing cute or better yet touching), they carry blue water in the pots, fire wood and belongings, dead and sick. _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
  •  09-06-2006, 7:42 PM 14827 in reply to 12727

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    The hardest one. 10) So life, standing behind the words, Truth, poured into every line (of text), Conscience would touch, as if lips on an incandesced (hot, burning) noon touching the spring (water). Чтобы к жизни, вставшей за словами, к правде, влитой в каждую строку, совестью припасть бы, как устами в раскаленный полдень - к роднику. Phew. . . _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
  •  09-06-2006, 7:59 PM 14828 in reply to 12727

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    I don't know who you are, but one thing is sure, you are just fantastic... I'm amazed... You made a huge work for me... THANK YOU SO MUCH....
  •  09-06-2006, 11:53 PM 14835 in reply to 12727

    Need help (Russian poems)

    Great job,412! Some of the poets gave you A+for the translations...
  •  09-07-2006, 12:09 AM 14836 in reply to 12727

    Need help (Russian poems)

    Amazing!!!! Kate H. (Certified Russian English Translations)
    Kate H. (Certified Russian English Translations)
  •  09-07-2006, 12:48 AM 14902 in reply to 12727

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    Я сразу вспомнил наших форумских поэтов которые демонстрировали своё мастерство здесь: http://russianatlanta.net/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=12844 Я уверен некоторые из них лучше бы справились. _________________________ Life is empty and meaningless.
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