Text & Translation
Her Song
Russian source:
Alexander Blok
Zaglooshoo.
Syeryebrom maikh vyesyeleey
Aglooshoo.
Na vazdooshnoi karoosyelee
Zakroozhoo.
Pryazhei spootannoi koodyelee
Abav'yu.
Lyokhkoi bragoi snezhnykh khmyeleyi
Napayu.
Her Song
English translation ©
Andrew Kahn
I’ll suffocate them.
With my silvery laughter
I’ll deafen them.
On an airy merry-go-round
I’ll whirl them.
In threads of tangled fleece
I’ll truss them.
With a home-brew of snowy hops
I’ll fuddle them.
Her Song
Russian source:
Alexander Blok
Her Song
English source:
Andrew Kahn
Rookavom maikh myetyelyei
With the billows of my blizzards
Zaglooshoo.
I’ll suffocate them.
Syeryebrom maikh vyesyeleey
With my silvery laughter
Aglooshoo.
I’ll deafen them.
Na vazdooshnoi karoosyelee
On an airy merry-go-round
Zakroozhoo.
I’ll whirl them.
Pryazhei spootannoi koodyelee
In threads of tangled fleece
Abav'yu.
I’ll truss them.
Lyokhkoi bragoi snezhnykh khmyeleyi
With a home-brew of snowy hops
Napayu.
I’ll fuddle them.
Composer
Elena Langer
Elena Langer (born 1974) is a Russian-born British composer of opera and other contemporary classical music.