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Guess the date this was written (now w. the answer)

Jan. 29th, 2024 at 1:59 AM
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Дни идут... всё так же воздух душен,
Дряхлый мир - на роковом пути...
Человек - до ужаса бездушен,
Слабому спасенья не найти!

Но... молчи, во гневе справедливом!
Ни людей, ни века не кляни:
Волю дав лирическим порывам,
Изойдешь слезами в наши дни...

The days pass...and the air feels just as stuffy,
The dilapidated world is on a fateful path...
Humans are horrifyingly soulless,
A frail person cannot hope for justice!

But...keep silent, in your righteous anger!
Do not curse the people, or the era:
If one gives free reign to lyrical outbursts,
One will only dissolve in tears, in these days we live in...



...well, when do you think this was written? And who do you think the author might be?

EDIT: the author is N.A. Nekrasov and the date is 1877
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amaebi: black fox (Default)
[personal profile] amaebi
Jan. 29th, 2024 07:12 am (UTC)
I'm no good at guessing games, and you know how ignorant I am of Russian poetry. But I look forward to finding out!
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 29th, 2024 07:12 am (UTC)
Fair enough ;)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 31st, 2024 10:20 am (UTC)

EDIT: the author is N.A. Nekrasov and the date is 1877
debriswoman: (Default)
[personal profile] debriswoman
Jan. 29th, 2024 08:14 am (UTC)
Not familiar with it…but I suspect it is older than the details suggest.
med_cat: (woman reading)
[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 29th, 2024 11:34 pm (UTC)
Your intuition is correct, of course ;)

And I came across it for the first time a couple days ago :)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 31st, 2024 10:20 am (UTC)

EDIT: the author is N.A. Nekrasov and the date is 1877
full_metal_ox: A gold Chinese Metal Ox zodiac charm. (Default)
[personal profile] full_metal_ox
Jan. 29th, 2024 05:48 pm (UTC)

Disclaimer:

The following is the result of a Russian-ignorant Anglo-diasporic’s copy pasted Russian-language search, run through Google Translate:

Days go by... the air is still stifling,
The decrepit world is on a fatal path...
Man is terribly soulless,
There is no salvation for the weak!

But... be silent in your righteous anger!
Do not curse either people or centuries:
Having given free rein to lyrical impulses,
You will come out in tears these days...

—Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, night of January 8-9, 1877


https://www-liveinternet-ru.translate.goog/users/5948164/post484657480/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

(The original, of course, is perfectly accessible to you: https://www.liveinternet.ru/users/5948164/post484657480/)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 29th, 2024 11:35 pm (UTC)

Re: Disclaimer:

Yep ;)

I should've specified, "No Googling!" :P

P.S. Google Translate managed fairly well, this time ;)

Edited 2024-01-29 11:36 pm (UTC)
full_metal_ox: A gold Chinese Metal Ox zodiac charm. (Default)
[personal profile] full_metal_ox
Jan. 30th, 2024 12:39 am (UTC)

Re: Disclaimer:

Oops—my apologies for having misconstrued you.
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 30th, 2024 12:51 am (UTC)

Re: Disclaimer:

;) I'll screen this thread for now ;)
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[personal profile] med_cat
Jan. 31st, 2024 10:21 am (UTC)

Re: Disclaimer:

Unscreened, now :)
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