Poem “The spell” by Alexander Pushkin in English with English and Russian side by side

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Translation of the poem “The spell” by Alexander Pushkin in English with English and Russian side by side
Short analysis of the poem “The spell” by Alexander Pushkin

Translation of the poem “The spell” by Alexander Pushkin in English with English and Russian side by side

Заклинание – Александр Пушкин	The spell by Alexander Pushkin

	Translated by Akirill.com 30/10/2023

О, если правда, что в ночи,	Oh, if it’s true that the night,
Когда покоятся живые,	When the living rest,
И с неба лунные лучи	And from the sky the moonbeams
Скользят на камни гробовые,	Slide on the tombstones,
О, если правда, что тогда	Oh, if it’s true, then
Пустеют тихие могилы, —	The quiet graves are empty,
Я тень зову, я жду Леилы:	I’m calling the shadow, I’m waiting for Leila:
Ко мне, мой друг, сюда, сюда!	Come to me, my friend, here, here!

Явись, возлюбленная тень,	Appear, beloved shadow,
Как ты была перед разлукой,	As you were before separation,
Бледна, хладна, как зимний день,	Pale, cold as a winter’s day,
Искажена последней мукой.	Distorted by the last torment.
Приди, как дальная звезда,	Come like a distant star
Как легкой звук иль дуновенье,	Like a light sound or a breath,
Иль как ужасное виденье,	Or like a terrible vision,
Мне все равно, сюда! сюда!..	I don’t care, come here! here!..

Зову тебя не для того,	I’m not calling you
Чтоб укорять людей, чья злоба	To reproach people whose malice
Убила друга моего,	Killed my friend
Иль чтоб изведать тайны гроба,	Or to discover the secrets of the tomb,
Не для того, что иногда	Nor because, sometimes
Сомненьем мучусь… но, тоскуя,	I am tormented by doubt… but, yearning,
Хочу сказать, что все люблю я,	I want to say that I love everything
Что все я твой: сюда, сюда!	That I am all yours: come here, here!

Short analysis of the poem “The spell” by Alexander Pushkin

The poem “Spell” by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was written in 1830, during the Boldino autumn and is one of the most famous works in the poet’s love lyrics. The poem “The Spell” is full of living melancholy, conjuring the beloved to return and cursing everything that brought her to the grave. An appeal to the afterlife casts a shadow of mysticism on the words, immersing them in the “dark” sensations of romantic “madness”. The main idea of the poem is that love is longer than life.

The poem “The Spell” is dedicated to Amalia Riznich; but, there is an opinion that it is connected with the memory of the deceased Greek woman Calypso Polychroni who was baptized – Leila, which is the name by which Calypso was repeatedly called in Pushkin’s poems.

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