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Blok’s ‘Night. City Calmed Down’

By Scott Horton

Ночь. Город угомонился.

За большим окном

Тихо и торжественно,

Как будто человек умирает.

Но там стоит просто грустный,

Расстроенный неудачей,

С открытым воротом,

И смотрит на звезды.

«Звезды, звезды,

Расскажите причину грусти!»

И на звезды смотрит.

«Звезды, звезды,

Откуда такая тоска?»

И звезды рассказывают.

Всё рассказывают звезды.

Night. City calmed down.

Behind the large window

It is quiet and solemnly,

As if a man dies.

But there somebody stands simply sad,

Distracted by failure,

With the open collar,

And looks at the stars.

“Stars, stars,

Tell me the reason for this melancholy!”

And again looks at the stars.

“Stars, stars,

Where this melancholy comes from?”

And stars speak.

Stars tell everything.

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Ночь. Город угомонился from the cycle Город (1904—1908) (transl. Dmitri Smirnov)

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