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Nikolai Gumilev, "In the Persian Manner" // ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΡΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΠ², Β«ΠΠΎΠ΄ΡΠ°ΠΆΠ°Π½ΡΠ΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΊΠΎΠΌΡΒ», 1919
Marina Tsvetaeva, "Dis-tance: versts, miles...", March 24th, 1925 / ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° Π¦Π²Π΅ΡΠ°Π΅Π²Π°, Β«Π Π°Ρ β ΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅: Π²ΡΡΡΡΡ, ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈβ¦Β», 24 ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ° 1925
I debated with myself about whether I should post this translation or not. When I finished it but had not yet edited it, I found out that a brilliant translation by Andrey Kneller already existsβand not only that, but quite a few of our translation choices were coincidentally identical on the lexical level.
Nevertheless, I feel like I prioritized Tsvetaeva's rhythm (although I couldn't imitate it perfectly) and the musicality of itβthe staccato of a horse's hoofs, of a train roaring at full-speed, of telegraph signals traveling through the wires, the trap-slamming-shut rhymesβwhereas Kneller prioritized the semantics. This is why I felt my translation is meaningfully different and can exist alongside his interpretation. Attaching his versionβplease enjoy.
Marina Tsvetaeva, "Dis-tance: versts, miles...", March 24th, 1925 / ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° Π¦Π²Π΅ΡΠ°Π΅Π²Π°, Β«Π Π°Ρ β ΡΡΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠ΅: Π²ΡΡΡΡΡ, ΠΌΠΈΠ»ΠΈβ¦Β», 24 ΠΌΠ°ΡΡΠ° 1925
And Yet (Π Π²ΡΡ-ΡΠ°ΠΊΠΈ), Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1914
Marina Tsvetaeva, "Your Name", from "Poems to Blok" / ΠΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π° Π¦Π²Π΅ΡΠ°Π΅Π²Π°, Β«ΠΠΌΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΡ...Β», ΠΈΠ· ΡΠ±ΠΎΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠ° Β«Π‘ΡΠΈΡ ΠΈ ΠΊ ΠΠ»ΠΎΠΊΡΒ», 1916
Vladimir Navrotsky, "The Classification Yard" / ΠΠ»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ ΠΠ°Π²ΡΠΎΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Β«Π‘ΠΎΡΡΠΈΡΠΎΠ²ΠΎΡΠ½Π°ΡΒ», 2019
Grigori Dashevsky, "The Rug" / ΠΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΠ°ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Β«ΠΠΎΠ²ΡΡΒ», 1996
Translated by The Chicago Translation Workshop (Sasha Spektor, Daniil Cherkassky, and Anton Tenser) for The Brooklyn Rail
Grigori Dashevsky, "The Martians" / ΠΡΠΈΠ³ΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ ΠΠ°ΡΠ΅Π²ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ, Β«ΠΠ°ΡΡΠΈΠ°Π½Π΅Β», 2004
"The Classification of Kisses" by an anonymous Russian-speaking author active on Telegram and Twitter // Β«ΠΠ»Π°ΡΡΠΈΡΠΈΠΊΠ°ΡΠΈΡ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»ΡΠ΅Π²Β», Π°Π½ΠΎΠ½ΠΈΠΌΠ½ΡΠΉ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡ (ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π³ΡΠ°ΠΌ, ΡΠ²ΠΈΡΡΠ΅Ρ), 2023
Nikolai Gumilev, "An Elephant Calf" // ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°ΠΉ ΠΡΠΌΠΈΠ»ΡΠ², Β«Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ½ΡΠ½ΠΎΠΊΒ», 1920