15 Jun

Poetry of Participles

Category: Language

Много видевший, много знавший,
Знавший ненависть и любовь,
Всё имевший, всё потерявший
И опять всё нашедший вновь.

Вкус узнавший всего земного
И до жизни жадный опять,
Обладающий всем и снова
Всё стремящийся потерять.

<<Я>>, Дм. Кедрина {июнь 1945}

Posted Sunday, June 15th, 2003 at 2:52 pm
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tom
June 17th, 2003 at 4:53 am

It’s a poem in Russian. Do you not see the Cyrillic characters?

katie
June 17th, 2003 at 1:21 pm

Yeah I see the Cyrillic letters. But what does it say in English Please =)

tom
June 20th, 2003 at 5:22 am

I don’t have time now to preserve the rhyme scheme of the poem, so this is just a literal translation:

Having seen much, having known much,
Having known both hate and love,
Possessing everything and losing it all,
Then discovering it all again,
Having tasted all earthly things
And still hungry for life
Possessing everything and
Afraid of losing it all once more. . .

Maybe I’ll come up with a translation that maintans the rhyme scheme during my time off in Irkutsk next week.

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