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Nechama Chaya ([personal profile] med_cat) wrote2023-12-20 07:49 pm
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Ольга Берггольц "Какая темная зима..." / "What a dark winter", by Olga Berggolz

Ольга Берггольц
Какая темная зима...

Какая темная зима,
какие долгие метели!
Проглянет солнце еле-еле –
и снова ночь, и снова тьма...

What a dark winter,
Such long blizzards!
The sun will just barely peek out--
And it's night again, and darkness again...

Какая в сердце немота,
ни звука в нем, ни стона даже...
Услышит смерть – и то не скажет.
И кто б ответил? Пустота...
О нет, не та зима, не та...

There is such numbness in my heart,
There is no sound in it, not even a moan...
If it hears death--it will say nothing even then.
And who would answer? Emptiness...
Oh no, this isn't the right winter, it isn't...

И даже нежности твоей
возврат нежданный и летучий,
зачем он мне? Как эти тучи:
под ними жизнь еще темней,
а мне уже не стать певучей.

And even the sudden and winged return
Of your tenderness,
What do I need it for? Just like these clouds:
Underneath them, the life is even darker,
And I can no longer become someone who sings.

Но разве же не я сама
себе предсказывала это,
что вот придет совсем без света,
совсем без радости зима?..

But haven't I myself been the one
Who had predicted this for myself,
That there will come a winter
Entirely without light, entirely without joy?...

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