Text & Translation
Snow
Russian source:
adapted from Boris Pasternak
Vsyo pooskayetsya v palyot, –
Chornoy lyesneetsy stoo-pyenee,
Pyerekryostka pavarot.
Snyeg eedyot, snyeg eedyot,
Slovno padayut nye khlop'ya,
A v zaplatannom salope
Skhodeet na zem’ nyebasvod.
Snow
English translation ©
Andrew Kahn
everything flies about,
the steps of the back stairs,
the twist of the crossroads.
The snow is falling, the snow is falling -
not flakes dropping,
but like a patched cape
the heavenly vault comes down to earth.
Snow
Russian source:
adapted from Boris Pasternak
Snow
English source:
Andrew Kahn
Snyeg eedyot, ee vsyo v smyatyen’ee,
The snow is falling and all is turmoil,
Vsyo pooskayetsya v palyot, –
everything flies about,
Chornoy lyesneetsy stoo-pyenee,
the steps of the back stairs,
Pyerekryostka pavarot.
the twist of the crossroads.
Snyeg eedyot, snyeg eedyot,
The snow is falling, the snow is falling -
Slovno padayut nye khlop'ya,
not flakes dropping,
A v zaplatannom salope
but like a patched cape
Skhodeet na zem’ nyebasvod.
the heavenly vault comes down to earth.
Composer
Elena Langer
Elena Langer (born 1974) is a Russian-born British composer of opera and other contemporary classical music.