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December 27, 2019 · German

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~Translation N5~
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Why?
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I am sad, because I love you
And I know: the cunning persecution of rumour
Cannot spare your blossoming youth.
For every light or sweet moment
With tears and longing you will pay fate
I am sad... because you are happy.
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-Mikhail Lermontov

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~Translation N4~
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Among worlds, in the glimmer of luminaries
I repeat the name of One Star...
Not because I loved Her,
But because I languished with the others.
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And if my doubt is heavy,
From her alone I search for an answer,
Not because there is light from Her,
But because with Her I do not need light.
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-Innokenty Annensky

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~Translation N3~
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In the depths of the Siberian mines
Keep the proud patience,
Your sorrowful labor and high aspiration of thoughts
Will not come to naught.
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Loyal sister to Misery,
Hope will awake vivacity and joy
In the dark underground,
The desired time will arrive.
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Love and friendship will reach you
Through the grim bolt,
As my free/unrestricted voice
Reaches into your hard burrow.
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The heavy fetters will fall,
The dungeon will collapse
Freedom will receive you gladly at the entrance,
And brothers will deliver to you a sword.
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-Alexander Pushkin

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~Translation N2~
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A swan is here, sighing deeply
She said: "Why are you far?
Know that your fate is near
Indeed the tsarevna - it is I".
Here she is, wings flapping,
She flew above the waves
And ashore from above
She descended to the bushes,
She shuddered, she shook
And a tsarevna she became (turned into)
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-Alexander Pushkin
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~Vocabulary~
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▪︎лебедь - swan .
▪︎тут - here
▪︎вдохнуть (вдыхать) - to sigh
▪︎взмахнуть (взмахивать) - to flap, to wave
▪︎высота - height, altitude .
▪︎опуститься (опускаться) - to go down, to descend .
▪︎куст - bush, shrub
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▪︎встрепенуться - (bird) to shake its wings, to open/spread its wings
▪︎отряхнуться (отряхиваться) - (animal) to spread one's feathers or fur by shaking the body
▪︎обернуться (оборачиваться) - (folklore) to turn into something (+ в + acc./ + instr.)
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~Translation N1~
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How difficult it is to walk among people
And pretend to be undeceased,
To narrate to the not yet living
The play of tragic passion.
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Gazing into one's own nightmare,
To find order in the disorderly vortex of feelings,
So that through the pale glow of art
The ruinous fire of life will be known!
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- Alexander Blok
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~Vocabulary~
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▪︎притворяться - to pretend
▪︎повествовать - to narrate, to recount
▪︎вглядываться - to gaze/peer into, to observe narrowly
▪︎строй - order, system
▪︎нестройный - disorderly
▪︎вихрь (m) - whirlwind, vortex
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▪︎бледный - pale
▪︎зарево - blaze, glow, gleam
▪︎узнать - to know, to learn
▪︎гибельный - disastrous, ruinous, fatal
▪︎пожар - fire, conflagration
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As a part of my goal towards Russian language mastery, I will be translating various Russian poems into English.
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The purpose of this series is for me to:
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▪︎improve my understanding of advanced native Russian materials in smaller bites
▪︎assimilate Russian vocabulary naturally through reading and translating
▪︎refine my understanding and intuition towards nuances in the Russian language, including grammatical sentence structures and expressions
▪︎expose myself to native Russian literature and works for language skill expansion
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