Poems by Alexander Pushkin

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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Пушкин. Александр Сергеевич) born on June 6 (may 26) 1799 in Moscow published his first poem at the age of 15 and is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of the modern Russian literary language.

October 19, 1827 Translated by Akirill.com
God help you, my friends,
In the worries of life, royal service,
And at the feasts of turbulent friendship, …

May 27, 1819 Translated by Akirill.com
A cheerful evening in our life
Let us remember, young friends;
Champagne in a glass bowl. …

A Presentiment Poem of Love
The clouds again are o’er me,
Have gathered in the stillness; …

A Wish Poem of Love
Slowly my days are dragging
And in my faded heart each moment doubles …

Angel (Ru/Eng) Translated by Akirill.com
At the gates of Eden, a gentle angel,
shone with his softly drooped head,
and Demon, gloomy and resentful …

Autumn Translated by Akirill.com
October has already arrived – the grove is already shaking off
Their final leaves from naked branches; …

Autumn morning Translated by Akirill.com Poem of Love
A noise arose; with a field musical whistling
My solitude has been announced,
And with the image of my dear lover …

Cherry Tree Translated by Akirill.com
Ruddy dawn
Covered the east
In a village across the river …

Commander Translated by Akirill.com
The Russian Tsar has a chamber in his palace:
It is not rich in gold or velvet;
It is not where the crown diamond is kept behind glass; …

Confession (Ru/Eng) Translated by Akirill.com Poem of Love
I love you, even though I am mad,
Even though this is labor and shame in vain,
And this unfortunate stupidity …

Consolation
Life,—does it disappoint thee?
Grieve not, nor be angry thou! …

Death-Thoughts
Whether I roam along the noisy streets
Whether I enter the peopled temple, …

Despair Poem of Love
Dear my friend, we are now parted,
My soul’s asleep; I grieve in silence. …

Elegy (My wishes I have survived) Autobiographical Poem
My wishes I have survived,
My ambition I have outgrown! …

Elegy (Happy who to himself confess) Poem of Love
Happy who to himself confess
His passion dares without terror; …

Elegy (Hushed I soon shall be. But if on sorrow’s day) Poem of Love
Hushed I soon shall be. But if on sorrow’s day
My songs to me with pensive play replied; …

Elegy (The extinguished joy of crazy years) Poem of Love
The extinguished joy of crazy years
On me rests heavy, like dull debauch. …

Eugene Onéguine
“My uncle’s goodness is extreme,
If seriously he hath disease;
He hath acquired the world’s esteem …

Fame
Blessed who to himself has kept
His creation highest of the soul, …

First-Love Poem of Love
Not at once our youth is faded,
Not at once our joys forsake us, …

Friendship
Thus it ever was and ever will be,
Such of old is the world wide: …

Happy is the one, who is chosen willfully Translated by Akirill.com
Happy is the one, who is chosen willfully
In your dreary dream,
With whom you are clearly in love, …

Home-Sickness
Mayhap not long am destined I
In exile peaceful to remain, …

I Remember a Wonderful Moment (Kern) Translated by Akirill.com
I remember the marvelous moment;
You appeared before me,
Like a fleeting vision, …

I remember the sea before the storm Translated by Akirill.com
I remember the sea before a thunderstorm:
How I envied the waves
Running in a stormy succession …

In an Album Poem of Love
The name of me, what is it to thee
Die it shall like the grievous sound …

“In Vain, Dear Friend” Poem of Love
In vain, dear friend, to conceal I tried
The turmoil cold of my grieving soul; …

Insanity
God grant I grow not insane:
No, better the stick and beggar’s bag: …

Inspiring Love Poem of Love
The moment wondrous I remember
Thou before me didst appear …

Invocation Poem of Love
Oh, if true it is that by night
When resting are the living …

Jealousy Poem of Love
Damp day’s light is quenched: damp night’s darkness
Stretches over the sky its leaden garment. …

Love Poem of Love
Bitterly groaning, jealous maid the youth was scolding;
He, on her shoulder leaning, suddenly was in slumber lost. …

Love and Freedom Poem of Love
Child of Nature and simple,
Thus to sing was wont I …

Love’s Debt Poem of Love
For the shores of thy distant home
Thou hast forsaken the foreign land; …

May 27, 1819 Translated by Akirill.com
A cheerful evening in our life
Let us remember, young friends;
Champagne in a glass bowl. …

My Demon Autobiographical Poem
In those days when new to me were
Of existence all impressions:— …

My Monument Autobiographical Poem
A monument not hand-made I have for me erected;
The path to it well-trodden will not overgrow; …

My Muse Autobiographical Poem
In the days of my youth she was fond of me,
And the seven-stemmed flute she handed me. …

My Pedigree Autobiographical Poem
With scorning laughter at a fellow writer,
In a chorus the Russian scribes …

Not at All Poem of Love
I thought forgotten has the heart
Of suffering the easy art; …

Oak groves, where in the silence of freedom Poem of Love Translated by Akirill.com
Oh the magic of first love!
Oak groves, where in the silence of freedom
I greeted each day with happiness,
I step again under your vaults,

October 19, 1827 Translated by Akirill.com
God help you, my friends,
In the worries of life, royal service,
And at the feasts of turbulent friendship, …

Prophet Translated by Akirill.com
I dragged my flesh through desert gloom,
Tormented by the spirit’s yearning,
And saw a six-winged Seraph loom, …

Questionings
Useless gift, accidental gift,
Life, why given art thou me? …

Regret Autobiographical Poem
Not ye regret I, of spring my years,
In dreams gone by of hopeless love; …

Reminiscence Autobiographical Poem
When noisy day to mortals quiet grows,
And upon the city’s silent walls …

Resigned Love Poem of Love
Thee I loved; not yet love perhaps is
In my heart entirely quenched …

Resurrection Autobiographical Poem
With sleepy brush the barbarian artist
The master’s painting blackens; …

Rights
Not dear I prize high-sounding rights
By which is turned more head than one; …

Signs Poem of Love
To thee I rode: living dreams then
Behind me winding in playful crowd; …

Sleeplessness
I cannot sleep, I have no light;
Darkness ’bout me, and sleep is slow; …

Sorrow Poem of Love
Ask not why with sad reflection
‘Mid gayety I oft am darkened, …

Spanish Love-Song Poem of Love
Evening Zephyr
Waves the ether. …

Tempest Translated by Akirill.com
Did you see the maiden on the rock
In white clothes above the waves
When, raging in a stormy haze,

The Angel
At the gates of Eden a tender angel
With drooping head was shining; …

The Awaking Poem of Love
Ye dreams, ye dreams,
Where is your sweetness? …

The Bard Poem of Love
Have ye heard in the woods the nightly voice
Of the bard of love, of the bard of his grief? …

The Birdlet Poem of Nature
God’s birdlet knows
Nor care, nor toil; …

The Birdlet (In exile I sacredly observe)
In exile I sacredly observe
The custom of my fatherland: …

The Black Shawl Narrative Poem
I gaze demented on the black shawl
And my cold soul is torn by grief. …

The Burnt Letter Poem of Love
Good-bye, love-letter, good-bye! ‘T is her command….
How long I waited, how long my hand …

The Cloud Poem of Nature
O last cloud of the scattered storm,
Alone thou sailest along the azure clear; …

The Cossak Narrative Poem
Once at midnight hour,
Darkness thro’ and fog, …

The Delibash
Cross-firing behind the hills:
Both camps watch, theirs and ours; …

The Drowned Narrative Poem
Into the hut the children run,
In haste they called their father: …

The Floweret
A floweret, withered, odorless
In a book forgot I find; …

The Flying Ridge of Clouds is Thinning translated by Akirill.com Poem of Love
The flying ridge of clouds is thinning;
Sad star, evening star,
Your ray illuminated with silver light the withered plains, …

The Graces Poem of Love
Till now no faith I had in Graces:
Seemed strange to me their triple sight; …

The Gypsies
Over the wooded banks,
In the hour of evening quiet, …

The Horse
Why dost thou neigh, O spirited steed,
Why thy neck so low, …

The Nightingale
In silent gardens, in the spring, in the darkness of the night
Sings above the rose from the east the nightingale; …

The North Wind Poem of Nature
Why, O wrathful north wind, thou
The marshy shrub dost downward bend? …

The Outcast Narrative Poem
On a rainy autumn evening
Into desert places went a maid; …

The Poet
Ere the poet summoned is
To Apollo’s holy sacrifice …

The Prophet Autobiographical Poem
Tormented by the thirst for the spirit
I was dragging myself in a sombre desert, …

The Roussalka Narrative Poem
By a lake once in forest darkness
A monk his soul was saving, …

The Spell translated by Akirill.com Poem of Love
Oh, if it’s true that the night,
When the living rest,
And from the sky the moonbeams

The Storm-Maid Poem of Love
Hast thou seen on the rock the maid,
In robe of white above the waves, …

The Task
The longed-for moment here is. Ended is my long-yeared task.
Why then sadness strange me troubles secretly? ….

The Three Springs
In the world’s desert, sombre and shoreless
Mysteriously three springs have broken thro’: …

The Winter-road Poem of Nature
Breaking thro’ the waving fogs
Forth the moon is coming, …

To a Babe
Child, I dare not over thee
Pronounce a blessing; …

To the Poet
Poet, not popular applause shalt thou prize!
Of raptured praise shall pass the momentary noise; …

Winter Evening Poem of Nature
The storm the sky with darkness covers,
The snowy whirlings twisting; …

Winter Morning Poem of Nature
Frost and sun—the day is wondrous!
Thou still art slumbering, charming friend. …

Wish for fame … Translated by Akirill.com
When, intoxicated with love and bliss,
Silently kneeling in front of you,
I looked at you and thought: you are mine, – …

Why am I fascinated by her Translated by Akirill.com
Why am I fascinated by her?
Why should I part with her?
If I hadn’t been spoiled …

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