\u041e\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0447\u0435\u043d \u0442\u0440\u0443\u0434, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0449\u0430\u043b \u043d\u0435 \u0431\u043e\u0433<\/p>\n
\u043c\u043d\u0435, \u0433\u0440\u0435\u0448\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0443 (\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u041d\u0430\u0431\u043e\u043a).<\/p>\n
\u0427\u0435\u0442\u044b\u0440\u0435 \u043f\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0438 \u00ab\u0411\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0433\u043d\u044f\u00bb<\/p>\n
\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443\u0442 \u0438 \u0428\u0435\u0439\u0434\u0430, \u0438 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f,<\/p>\n
\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443\u0442 \u0447\u0438\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0435\u0439 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438\u0445,<\/p>\n
\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443\u0442 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0443 \u0438 \u044d\u0442\u043e\u0442 \u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445.
\n <\/p>\n
\u0427\u0442\u043e \u0436, \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0447\u0438\u043a \u0442\u043e\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0435<\/p>\n
(\u0430 \u0435\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e\u043c \u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0430, \u2013 \u0432\u0434\u0432\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0435):<\/p>\n
\u0432 \u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0448\u0435\u044f\u0445 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043a, \u0442\u0443\u0440\u0435\u043b\u044f\u0445 \u0441\u043c\u0435\u0436\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0440\u0438\u0444\u043c,<\/p>\n
\u0438 \u0432 \u043e\u043a\u0440\u0443\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0438 \u043d\u0438\u043c\u0444\u0435\u0442\u043e\u043a (\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0444),<\/p>\n
\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0434 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0446\u0435\u043b\u043e\u043c \u043c\u0443\u0437\u044b, \u201c\u043d\u0430 \u043d\u0443\u043b\u0435\u201d<\/p>\n
\u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u044c\u0435 \u043d\u0430 \u0447\u0443\u0436\u043e\u0439 \u0437\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0435<\/p>\n
\u0441 \u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0417\u0435\u043c\u0431\u043b\u043e\u0439 (\u043d\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0443 \u2013<\/p>\n
\u0432 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0435, \u0433\u0434\u0435 \u044f \u0440\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0438 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u0443).
\n <\/p>\n
\u0422\u0430\u043a, \u043d\u0435\u0432\u0437\u0438\u0440\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0430 \u0435\u0433\u043e \u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0442,<\/p>\n
\u043e\u043d \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0441\u0435\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u0445\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0447\u0438\u043a, \u043e\u043a\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442:<\/p>\n
\u043e\u043d \u0441 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043c \u0432\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438\u043b \u0432 \u0442\u044f\u0436\u0435\u043b\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u043e\u0439,<\/p>\n
\u0445\u043e\u0442\u044f \u0441\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0441 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u0438\u043c \u0441\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0439;<\/p>\n
\u043e\u043d \u043e\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0435\u0432\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043f\u043e \u0447\u0443\u0442\u044c-\u0447\u0443\u0442\u044c<\/p>\n
\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0435\u043f\u0440\u0430\u0439\u043e\u043d\u044b \u043a\u0430\u043b\u0430\u043c\u0431\u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432, \u043f\u0443\u0442\u044c<\/p>\n
\u043f\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0434\u044b\u0432\u0430\u044f \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0440\u044f\u043c\u0443\u044e \u0442\u0430\u043c,<\/p>\n
\u0433\u0434\u0435 \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u0440 \u0441\u043a\u0440\u044b\u043b \u0434\u043e\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0443 \u043a \u0442\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c.
\n <\/p>\n
\u041d\u043e \u0435\u0441\u0442\u044c \u0438 \u0442\u0435, \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0441\u0435 \u0440\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e,<\/p>\n
\u0438, \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0443\u0432 \u0432 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0431\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0435 \u043e\u043a\u043d\u043e,<\/p>\n
\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0443\u0432\u0438\u0434\u044f\u0442 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u043e, \u0447\u0442\u043e \u043c\u043e\u0433\u043b\u043e<\/p>\n
\u0431\u044b \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0440\u0430\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0435\u043a\u043b\u043e.<\/p>\n
\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0437\u043e\u0440\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0428\u0435\u0439\u0434, \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0437\u0430 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u0438 \u0437\u0430\u0436\u043c\u0443\u0440\u044c \u2013<\/p>\n
\u0438 \u0432\u043d\u043e\u0432\u044c \u0443\u0437\u0440\u0438 \u043d\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0441\u043d\u0443\u044e \u043b\u0430\u0437\u0443\u0440\u044c.<\/p>\n
\u0418 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u043d\u0430\u043f\u0438\u0448\u0438 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u043e\u0439,<\/p>\n
\u0447\u0442\u043e \u0438 \u043d\u0435 \u0441\u043d\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f \u041a\u0438\u043d\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0443. \u0414\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0439<\/p>\n
\u0446\u0430\u0440\u044f! \u041f\u043e\u044d\u043c\u0443 \u0437\u043d\u0430\u044e\u0442 \u043d\u0430\u0438\u0437\u0443\u0441\u0442\u044c,<\/p>\n
\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0439 \u2013 \u0444\u0438\u043a\u0446\u0438\u044f. \u0422\u0430\u043a \u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u044c<\/p>\n
\u043f\u043e\u044e\u0442 \u0437\u0430\u043c\u0435\u0442\u043a\u0438, \u043f\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043a\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u044f\u0445,<\/p>\n
\u043a\u0430\u043a \u0441\u0432\u0438\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0428\u0435\u0439\u0434\u043e\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u0441\u0442\u0438\u0445\u0430\u0445.
\n <\/p>\n
\u042f \u0442\u0435\u043d\u044c\u044e \u0428\u0435\u0439\u0434\u0430 \u0431\u044b\u043b, \u0444\u0430\u043b\u044c\u0448\u0438\u0432\u044b\u0445 \u043d\u043e\u0442<\/p>\n
\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0441\u044f \u0438\u0437\u0431\u0435\u0433\u0430\u0442\u044c. \u0414\u0430 \u0442\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0432\u043e\u0442 \u2013<\/p>\n
\u0447\u0442\u043e \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434? \u0422\u0435\u043d\u044c \u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438. \u0422\u0435\u043d\u044c \u043e\u0433\u043d\u044f.<\/p>\n
\u041e\u0434\u0438\u043d \u0432\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0441 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0443\u0435\u0442 \u043c\u0435\u043d\u044f,<\/p>\n
\u043a\u0430\u043a \u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0447\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432 \u2013 \u043c\u0438\u0433\u0440\u0435\u043d\u044c:<\/p>\n
\u043e\u0433\u043e\u043d\u044c \u0432\u0435\u0434\u044c \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0442\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0441\u044b\u0432\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0442\u0435\u043d\u044c?<\/p>\n
2023<\/p>\n
* * * <\/p>\n
The task is now complete, though God above<\/p>\n
hadn\u2019t bequeathed it to me (nor did Nabokov).<\/p>\n
Four cantos of Pale Fire will outlast<\/p>\n
both Shade and me, along with all the rest;<\/p>\n
they will outlast their readers\u2019 span on earth, <\/p>\n
outlast the present war and this penned verse.
\n <\/p>\n
Yes, a translator also wages war<\/p>\n
(and if there\u2019s a real war on\u2014all the more):<\/p>\n
in stanzas\u2019 trenches, mid rhymes\u2019 armored links,<\/p>\n
among nymphets (or rather, grown-up nymphs),<\/p>\n
caught in the crosshairs of the Muse\u2019s sights,<\/p>\n
on foreign soil he must lead a fight<\/p>\n
with the long-suffering Zembla (truth be told,<\/p>\n
my homeland is the frontline I must hold).
\n <\/p>\n
Thus, any translator, no matter how inspired,<\/p>\n
must always turn invader-occupier;<\/p>\n
he has engaged the author in a fray<\/p>\n
(although it is himself he fights all day);<\/p>\n
puns\u2019 strongholds he attacks and gains on<\/p>\n
inch by slow inch, assembling the recon,<\/p>\n
clearing a path straight through rough terrain<\/p>\n
to where the author\u2019s secrets are contained.
\n <\/p>\n
But those who think that it\u2019s not all the same,<\/p>\n
will peer into the shattered windowpane<\/p>\n
and see the firmament that could\u2019ve been<\/p>\n
reflected in the pane\u2019s transparent sheen.<\/p>\n
As keen-eyed Shade once did, shut fast your eyes,<\/p>\n
and so again behold the azure skies,<\/p>\n
then write up endnotes so inventive<\/p>\n
that even Kinbote\u2019s would\u2019ve been upended.<\/p>\n
Down with the King! The poem\u2019s learnt by rote,<\/p>\n
the gloss is fictive dross. So let the notes<\/p>\n
fly from the margins, free to trill and roam<\/p>\n
just like those waxwings in Shade\u2019s famous poem.
\n <\/p>\n
Upon this journey, I have shadowed Shade,<\/p>\n
eschewing all that\u2019s false. Isn\u2019t to translate<\/p>\n
to deal in shadows? Then it\u2019s all the same:<\/p>\n
a shadow\u2019s shadow, or that of a flame.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s just one thing that shakes my credo:<\/p>\n
I\u2019m told that fire doesn\u2019t cast a shadow.<\/p>\n
2023
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":24852,"parent":0,"template":"","poetry-type":[],"class_list":["post-24851","poetry","type-poetry","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poetry\/24851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poetry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/poetry"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poetry\/24851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24855,"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poetry\/24851\/revisions\/24855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"poetry-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwestliteraryforum.com\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poetry-type?post=24851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}