Rudyard Kipling

«South Africa» by Rudyard Kipling

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South Africa Lived a woman wonderful, (May the Lord amend her!) Neither simple, kind, nor true, But her Pagan beauty drew Christian gentlemen a few Hotly to attend her. Christian gentlemen a few From Berwick unto Dover; For she was South Africa, Ana she was South Africa, She was Our South Africa, Africa all over! Half her land was dead with drouth, Half was red with battle; She was fenced with fire and sword Plague on pestilence outpoured, Locusts on the greening sward And murrain on the cattle! True, ah true, and overtrue. That is why we love her! For … Читать далее →

Rudyard Kipling «My Rival»

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Шуточное стихотворение, предполагаемый монолог сестры поэта. Звукозапись стихотворения на английском языке:   Стихотворение Редьярда Киплинга «Моя соперница» на английском языке и в трёх переводах на русский язык My Rival Моя соперница I go to concert, party, ball — What profit is in these? I sit alone against the wall And strive to look at ease. The incense that is mine by right They burn before her shrine; And that’s because I’m seventeen And She is forty-nine. I cannot check my girlish blush, My color comes and goes; I redden to my finger-tips, And sometimes to my nose. But She is … Читать далее →

Rudyard Kipling «I keep six honest serving-men»

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Стихотворение Редьярда Киплинга «Есть у меня шестерка слуг» на английском языке и в переводе Самуила Яковлевича Маршака на русском языке. I keep six honest serving-men… I keep six honest serving-men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest. I let them rest from nine till five, For I am busy then, As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea, For they are hungry … Читать далее →

Rudyard Kipling «The Explanation»

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Звукозапись стихотворения на английском языке   Стихотворение Редьярда Киплинга «Объяснение» (стилизация под индийские притчи) на английском и русском языках. The Explanation Love and Death once ceased their strife At the Tavern of Man’s Life. Called for wine, and threw — alas! — Each his quiver on the grass. When the bout was o’er they found Mingled arrows strewed the ground. Hastily they gathered then Each the loves and lives of men. Ah, the fateful dawn deceived! Mingled arrows each one sheaved; Death’s dread armoury was stored With the shafts he most abhorred; Love’s light quiver groaned beneath Venom-headed darts of … Читать далее →

Rudyard Kipling «If…»

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Одно из самых известных произведений Редьярда Киплинга. Вступительное стихотворение к рассказу «Братец Педант» из книги «Награды и феи». Стихотворение адресовано Киплингом его сыну Джону Киплингу, позднее пропавшему без вести в Первую Мировую войну. Аудиозапись стихотворения Р. Киплинга «Если» (If) на английском языке. Читает Майкл Кейн.     Стихотворение Редьярда Киплинга «If» на английском языке и в трех переводах If Завет If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and … Читать далее →