Translation of E. Evtushenko's poem
elenka
elenka at UVIC.CA
Tue Jan 21 04:21:10 UTC 2003
Dear colleagues:
Does any of you know if there's an English translation of Evtushenko's poem
"Khotiat li russkie voiny" (1961)? The poem was made into a song after some
changes. The song was performed by Mark Bernes.
Here's the text of the poem in Russian:
èïôñô ìé òõóóëéå ÷ïêîù
èÏÔÑÔ ÌÉ ÒÕÓÓËÉÅ ×ÏÊÎÙ?
óÐÒÏÓÉÔÅ ×Ù Õ ÔÉÛÉÎÙ
ÎÁÄ ÛÉÒØÀ ÐÁÛÅÎ É ÐÏÌÅÊ,
É Õ ÂÅÒ£Ú É ÔÏÐÏÌÅÊ.
óÐÒÏÓÉÔÅ ×Ù Õ ÔÅÈ ÓÏÌÄÁÔ,
ÞÔÏ ÐÏÄ ÂÅÒ£ÚÁÍÉ ÌÅÖÁÔ,
É ×ÁÍ ÏÔ×ÅÔÑÔ ÉÈ ÓÙÎÙ,
ÈÏÔÑÔ ÌÉ ÒÕÓÓËÉÅ ×ÏÊÎÙ!
îÅ ÔÏÌØËÏ ÚÁ Ó×ÏÀ ÓÔÒÁÎÕ
ÓÏÌÄÁÔÙ ÇÉÂÌÉ × ÔÕ ×ÏÊÎÕ,
Á ÞÔÏÂÙ ÌÀÄÉ ×ÓÅÊ ÚÅÍÌÉ,
ÓÐÏËÏÊÎÏ ×ÉÄÅÔØ ÓÎÙ ÍÏÇÌÉ.
ðÏÄ ÛÅÌÅÓÔ ÌÉÓÔØÅ× É ÁÆÉÛ
ôÙ ÓÐÉÛØ, îØÀ-êÏÒË, ÔÙ ÓÐÉÛØ, ðÁÒÉÖ.
ðÕÓÔØ ×ÁÍ ÏÔ×ÅÔÑÔ ×ÁÛÉ ÓÎÙ,
ÈÏÔÑÔ ÌÉ ÒÕÓÓËÉÅ ×ÏÊÎÙ.
äÁ, ÍÙ ÕÍÅÅÍ ×ÏÅ×ÁÔØ,
ÎÏ ÎÅ ÈÏÔÉÍ, ÞÔÏÂÙ ÏÐÑÔØ
ÓÏÌÄÁÔÙ ÐÁÄÁÌÉ × ÂÏÀ
ÎÁ ÚÅÍÌÀ ÇÒÕÓÔÎÕÀ Ó×ÏÀ.
óÐÒÏÓÉÔÅ ×Ù Õ ÍÁÔÅÒÅÊ,
óÐÒÏÓÉÔÅ Õ ÖÅÎÙ ÍÏÅÊ.
é ×Ù ÔÏÇÄÁ ÐÏÎÑÔØ ÄÏÌÖÎÙ,
ÈÏÔÑÔ ÌÉ ÒÕÓÓËÉÅ ×ÏÊÎÙ!
(1961)
Thank you for your help.
You may respond offline if you wish.
Elena Baraban
University of Victoria
elenka at uvic.ca
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