Text & Translation
Yunosha i deva, 'The youth and the maiden'
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
Revnivaya deva branila.
K nei na plecho preklonyon,
Yunosha vdrug zadremal.
Deva totchas umolkla,
Son evo lyogkyi leleya,
I ulybalas emu,
Tikhie slyozy liya.
The youth and the maiden
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
Upbraids a youth.
Leaning on her shoulder,
He suddenly falls asleep.
The maiden falls silent,
Coddling him as he gently sleeps,
Smiling at him,
And shedding silent tears.
Yunosha i deva, 'The youth and the maiden'
Russian source:
Alexander Pushkin
The youth and the maiden
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
Yunoshu, gorku rydaya,
Crying bitterly, a jealous maiden
Revnivaya deva branila.
Upbraids a youth.
K nei na plecho preklonyon,
Leaning on her shoulder,
Yunosha vdrug zadremal.
He suddenly falls asleep.
Deva totchas umolkla,
The maiden falls silent,
Son evo lyogkyi leleya,
Coddling him as he gently sleeps,
I ulybalas emu,
Smiling at him,
Tikhie slyozy liya.
And shedding silent tears.
Composer
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky
Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky was a 19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Poet
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin was born…