by Alicja Kuberska
Far in the North, where the dark-eyed Neva River
Spills its cold waters, and a June day has no end,
The city of my childhood sprang up on the marsh.
In a dream-like longing, I return to the granite boulevards,
I marvel at the white-and-green facades of the palaces,
And the golden domes of the churches,
Glistening against the cool sky.
I hear clatter of horses’ hooves, and see a bronze horseman,
Traversing each night the broad prospects, and vast plazas.
With one leap, overcoming the chasm under the drawbridge.
I pass by elegant, French-style houses and gardens.
The riches of the age of the tsars added to their brilliance, their proud beauty.
The old capital of the empire never surrendered, never knelt down.
I believe that I will return here once more,
When fate reveals a magnanimous face.
I shall see the Maple, planted with a childish hand, reach the clouds.
I shall timidly peer into the windows of the house on Toreza Street.
Poland
Copyright ©:
Alicja Kuberska
A few random poems:
- Lost poem – Alfred Austin
- Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell
- Siege Of Vienna Raised By Jihn Sobieski by William Wordsworth
- In Uncertainty To A Lady poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- Raindrops by Michael Mulcahy
- The Fountain by Sara Teasdale
- Shema by Primo Levi
- Николай Языков – Я. П. Полонскому (Благодарю тебя за твой подарок милой…)
- Ольга Берггольц – Встреча
- Николай Тихонов – Как след от весла
- Владимир Маяковский – Был без работы буржуям пир… (Главполитпросвет №24)
- Golden Eyes
- On Fair Compassion by Nithin Purple
- Under Cover of Night by Robert Desnos
- alexander.html
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Валерий Брюсов – Из лесной жути
- Валерий Брюсов – Из латинской антологии (Нежный стихов аромат услаждает безделие девы)
- Валерий Брюсов – Из детской книжки
- Валерий Брюсов – Из арабской лирики отрывок
- Валерий Брюсов – Из Александрийской антологии. К Сапфо
- Валерий Брюсов – Из ада изведенные (Астарта! Астарта! И ты посмеялась)
- Валерий Брюсов – Июль 1908
- Валерий Брюсов – Ленин
- Валерий Брюсов – Лед и уголь
- Валерий Брюсов – Пленный лев
- Валерий Брюсов – Пиршество войны
- Валерий Брюсов – Пифия
- Валерий Брюсов – Петербург (Здесь снов не ваял Сансовино)
- Валерий Брюсов – Песня североамериканских индейцев
- Валерий Брюсов – Песня гренландцев
- Валерий Брюсов – Песня девушки в тайге
- Валерий Брюсов – Последнее желанье
- Валерий Брюсов – После смерти Ленина
- Валерий Брюсов – После сенокоса
- Валерий Брюсов – После ночи бессонной
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
Search engines:
Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)
Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.
Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees
Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works