Стихотворение англо-американского поэта Уистена Хью Одена (1907–1973) «Зимний Брюссель» на английском и русском языках. Brussels in Winter Wandering the cold streets tangled like old string, Coming on fountains silent in the frost, The city still escapes you, it has lost The qualities that say “I am a Thing.” Only the homeless and the really humbled Seem to be sure exactly where they are, And in their misery are all assembled; The winter holds them like the Opera. Ridges of rich apartments rise tonight Where isolated windows glow like farms: A phrase goes packed with meaning like a van, A look … Читать далее →

Who’s Who A shilling life will give you all the facts: How Father beat him, how he ran away, What were the struggles of his youth, what acts Made him the greatest figure of his day: Of how he fought, fished, hunted, worked all night, Though giddy, climbed new mountains; named a sea: Some of the last researchers even write Love made him weep his pints like you and me. With all his honours on, he sighed for one Who, say astonished critics, lived at home; Did little jobs about the house with skill And nothing else; could whistle; would … Читать далее →

Стихотворение «Колыбельная» Уистена Хью Одена (Wystan Hugh Auden) — англо-американского поэта, оказавшего значительное влияние на литературу XX-го века, на английском и русском языках. Lullaby Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn away Individual beauty from Thoughtful children, and the grave Proves the child ephemeral: But in my arms till break of day Let the living creatures lie, Mortal, guilty, but to me The entirely beautiful. Soul and beauty have no bounds: To lovers as they lie upon Her tolerant enchanted slope In their ordinary swoon, Grave the vision Venus sends Of supernatural … Читать далее →