I've opened my veins-Tsvetaeva
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:19 pm
Вскрыла жилы: неостановимо,
невосстановимо хлещет жизнъ.
Подставляйте миски и тарелки!
Всякая тарелка будет- мелкой,
миска- плоской.
Через край- и мимо
в землю черную, питатъ тростник.
Невозвратно, неостановимо,
невосстановимо хлещет стих.
Literally
I have opened veins: unstoppably,
unrecoverably flows life.
Set under basins and plates!
Every plate will be -shallow,
basin- flat.
Over edge- and past
into earth black to feed reeds.
Irrevocably, unstoppably,
unrecoverably flows poetry.
Free translation 1
I've opened my veins: unstaunchably,
unrecoverably life floods out.
Put bowls and plates beneath!
Every plate will be too shallow,
every bowl too low.
Over the rim -unquenchably
into the black earth, to nourish reeds.
Irrevocably, unstaunchably,
unrecoverably poetry floods out.
Free Translation 2
I've opened my veins: life flows out,
unstoppably, without healing.
Put dishes and plates beneath!
Every plate will be too shallow,
every dish too small.
Brimming over, falling
into the black earth, to feed the grasses.
Irrevocably, without healing,
unstoppably poetry flows out.
невосстановимо хлещет жизнъ.
Подставляйте миски и тарелки!
Всякая тарелка будет- мелкой,
миска- плоской.
Через край- и мимо
в землю черную, питатъ тростник.
Невозвратно, неостановимо,
невосстановимо хлещет стих.
Literally
I have opened veins: unstoppably,
unrecoverably flows life.
Set under basins and plates!
Every plate will be -shallow,
basin- flat.
Over edge- and past
into earth black to feed reeds.
Irrevocably, unstoppably,
unrecoverably flows poetry.
Free translation 1
I've opened my veins: unstaunchably,
unrecoverably life floods out.
Put bowls and plates beneath!
Every plate will be too shallow,
every bowl too low.
Over the rim -unquenchably
into the black earth, to nourish reeds.
Irrevocably, unstaunchably,
unrecoverably poetry floods out.
Free Translation 2
I've opened my veins: life flows out,
unstoppably, without healing.
Put dishes and plates beneath!
Every plate will be too shallow,
every dish too small.
Brimming over, falling
into the black earth, to feed the grasses.
Irrevocably, without healing,
unstoppably poetry flows out.