Silentium! *
Молчи, скрывайся и таи
И чувства и мечты свои-
Пускай в душевной глубине
Встают и заходят оне
Безмолвно, как звезды в ночи,-
Любуйся ими - и молчи.
Как сердцу высказать себя?
Другому как понять тебя?
Поймет ли он, чем ты живешь?
Мысль изреченная есть ложь.
Взрывая, возмутишь ключи,-
Питайся ими - и молчи.
Лишь жить в себе самом умей-
Есть целый мир в душе твоей
Таинственно-волшебных дум;
Их оглушит наружный шум,
Дневные разгонят лучи,-
Внимай их пенью - и молчи!..
* "Тише!" или "Молчание!" лат.
Фёдор Тютчев, 1830
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http://www.ruthenia.ru/tiutcheviana/publications/trans/silentium.html
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Speak not, lie hidden, and conceal
the way you dream, the things you feel.
Deep in your spirit let them rise
akin to stars in crystal skies
that set before the night is blurred:
delight in them and speak no word.
How can a heart expression find?
How should another know your mind?
Will he discern what quickens you?
A thought once uttered is untrue.
Dimmed is the fountainhead when stirred:
drink at the source and speak no word.
Live in your inner self alone
within your soul a world has grown,
the magic of veiled thoughts that might
be blinded by the outer light,
drowned in the noise of day, unheard...
take in their song and speak no word.
Vladimir Nabokov
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http://ruthenia.ru/tiutcheviana/stihi/audio/silentiumtransl.mp3
http://www.lib.ru/NABOKOW/silent.txt
http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2008/01/silence.html
http://www.nucba.ac.jp/themes/s_cic@cic@nucba/pdf/njlcc121/02sayenko.pdf
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No word, keep secret and withhold
Your feelings and your dreams untold -
But in your deepest soul of all
Permit their rising and their fall
Like stars that shine at night, unheard;
Just contemplate them - and no word.
How can the soul itself impart?
How can another read your heart
And comprehend the how and why?
A thought once uttered is a lie;
So leave the crystal springs unstirred;
Be nourished by them - and no word.
Within yourself then learn to live -
The soul that lies within can give
A world of secret magic joys;
They would be drowned by outer noise
By light of day dispersed unheard -
Attend their singing - and no word!
I do not know the author, sorry
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http://www.artmagick.com/poetry/poem.aspx?id=11195
http://www.ruthenia.ru/tiutcheviana/publications/trans/silentium.html
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Seal thou thy lips, to none impart
The secret dreams that fill thy heart.
Within it let them blaze and die
As do the silent stars on high
When o'er the earth night's shadows stray -
Delight in them - and silent stay.
Thy sentiments to none confide;
From those about thee thy thoughts hide,
For when voiced what are they but lies!..
Churn up a stream, and silt will rise
And darken it... Drink, drink thou deep
Of waters clear - and silent keep.
Live in the world of self - thy soul
Of magic thoughts contains a whole
Bright universe... Let not the noise
And light of day dispel the joys
That meditation gives to thee...
Hear thy heart's song - and silent be!
I do not know the author, sorry.
The song is performed by S.C.A.L.P. and
appears on the album "Through Eternity", 1997
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Be silent, hide yourself, conceal
Your feelings and your dreams.
And let them rise and set
In your soul's depths
As soundless as the stars at night.
Admire them - and yet stay silent.
How can a heart reveal itself?
How can another fathom you?
All that sustains you comprehend?
A thought once spoken is a lie.
Digging disturbs the spring.
Partake of it - and yet stay silent.
Learn how to live within yourself -
There is within your soul a world entire
Of enigmatic, magic thoughts.
Ambient noise will muffle them,
And daylight's rays will scatter them, -
Heed their melody - and yet stay silent!
A.S. Kline, between 2002 and 2011
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http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Russian/ClearVoices.htm#_Toc283997673
http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/ENGL2210/russian-poetry.html
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Be silent, hide yourself, keep in
Your feelings and your sacred dream -
And let them, quiet, rise and set,
Soundlessly - in your heart's depth,
Like stars do on the nightly rut:
Admire them, but just be mute.
How could your heart express its view?
Could any other feel like you?
Will he discern your base of life?
The word, pronounced, is a lie;
While stirring springs, you'll cloud flood:
Drink their water, but be mute.
Within yourself, keep life in hold:
Your soul is a whole world
Of thoughts of mystery and charm,
They will be sunk in daily hum,
And scattered by the sun's rays, rude:
Hark to their song, and just be mute.
Yevgeny Bonver, 2000
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http://www.nucba.ac.jp/themes/s_cic@cic@nucba/pdf/njlcc121/02sayenko.pdf
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Speak not! Do not
open your soul's intimate abode.
What you may feel, what you may dream -
In profundi let it steam.
Safeguard it in your spirit's mine
Let it ascend and then decline,
Like silent stars on heaven's dome.
Bathe in their light and watch them roam,
Admire them, splendid or bleak,
But in silence. Do not speak.
How can a heart be braced in words?
Another fathom what is yours?
And understand what you live by?
A thought expressed becomes a lie.
Don't muddy springs, lucid and unique:
Drink from their depth, but do not speak.
Learn to live within yourself. Explore a universe
That's you. Behold between your soul's shores
All the mysterious thoughts. Know: noise
Rips the enigmatic lace, destroys
The magic chorus. Noon rays will make it weak.
Listen to its song. But do not speak.
Elisabeth Konovalova
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http://tiffing.blogspot.com/2006/01/silentium.html
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Disguise, conceal, and do not whine
Of thy emotions, hopes thine.
Keep them inside thy soul's gist
To rise and fall onto night's mist,
All tacit, like the starlets' string:
Enjoy it, and don't say a thing.
How does thy heart expression quest?
How does another know thou, lest
He fathoms of thy being's sake?
A thought once mouthed is a fake.
Disturbed is an erupted spring:
Drink from it, and don't say a thing.
To live inside thy soul thou learn:
A whole world inside is born;
A world of secret, magic muse,
That outer noise would once suffuse,
Permeated by a solar wing:
Hark to it, and don't say a thing!
Boris Leyvi
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http://spintongues.msk.ru/Tyutchev.html
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Speak not, lie deep, do not reveal
Things that you wish or things you feel;
Within your soul's protected mine
Let them ascend and then decline
Like silent stars in heaven bleak:
Admire their sheen-but do not speak.
How can a heart be put in words?
By others-how can one be heard?
Will people know what you live by?
A thought expressed becomes a lie.
Don't muddy springs that are unique:
Drink from their depth-but do not speak.
Live only in yourself encased;
Your soul contains a world of chaste,
Mysterious thoughts, which outside noise
Robs of their magic and destroys;
The rays of morning make them weak-
Enjoy their song-but do not speak!
Anatoly Liberman, 1993
http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2008/01/silence.html
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Stay silent!
Stay silent, out of sight and hide
your feelings and your dreams inside.
Within your soul's deep centre let
them silently rise, let them set
like stars in the night. Don't be heard.
Admire them, Don't say a word.
How can your heart itself express?
Can others understand or guess
exactly what life means to you?
A thought you've spoken is untrue.
You only cloud the streams you've stirred.
Be fed by them. Don't say a word.
Making living in yourself your goal.
There is a world within your soul
where mystery-magic thoughts abound.
By outer noise they will be drowned.
They'll scatter as day is bestirred.
Just heed their song. Don't say a word!
Frank Jude, Durham, 2000
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http://www.nucba.ac.jp/themes/s_cic@cic@nucba/pdf/njlcc121/02sayenko.pdf
http://laudatortemporisacti.blogspot.com/2008/01/silence.html
http://www.pereplet.ru/moshkow/LITRA/TUTCHEW/english.html
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You ought to hide and to conceal
All what you dream of or you feel.
Within your soul, very deep,
These dreams and feelings you should keep.
And let, like stars, they rise and set,
While you watch them, in silence, yet.
How can one explain one's heart,
To others, however smart?
A thought explained is just a lie.
Explode the spring and it will dry
Out. Therefore you should just drink
In silence and protect the spring.
Your soul is the whole world
Of dreams and feelings, but not words.
You learn how to live inside
But from all others you should hide
It, since the outer noise
Disturbs, and bothers, and destroys.
VG, 30 ноября 2012