Юнна Мориц - "Мой кругозор"
(перевод на англ. вместе с Mary Hale)
Yunna Moritz - "My horizon"
(translated from Russian into English together with Mary Hale)
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I can't speak Spanish or German or French on my island.
My horizon still remains so narrow-minded:
Only my love, only air, dry land and the ocean,
Flowers and trees in my view and a sea of emotion.
I can't speak Danish or Turkish or Swedish or Chinese.
My horizon still remains rather narrow and childish:
Only my love, fleeting joys, burning dread and my sorrow,
Only my love, only fear and hope for tomorrow.
I can't read Greek or Old English or Sanscrit or Latin.
My horizon is as simple as cotton or sateen.
Only each birth, only death, only stars, only grain
Penetrate my horizon and with me they remain.
I'm no master of sporting or nautical language.
My horizon still remains restricted and savage.
Only you, only me holding this wish in our mind:
That the Earth should keep on turning to shelter mankind.
Only my love, only air, dry land and the ocean,
Only my hope, only fear and a sea of emotion.
Deep in my consciousness penetrate, breathe and remain
Only each birth, only death, only stars, only grain.
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