Pavel Antokolsky

(Born 1896, Died 1978)

Translations from Russian

Poems:

AphroditeThey say, the charm, that woman has,
Art Does Not Wait For InvitationsI’m sure, art doesn’t wait for the long invitation
Don QuixoteDon’t fall, oh, you arrogant woe!
East -- WestYes, East is East, and West is West,
The Flight of the Fire-fliesA Dream! Midsummer Night! The torches’ blaze aroused
HamletNot from a legend, not from sky lands,
HamletLet her - vanished from here -
Lady HamiltonIt was ones in the forest of Briansk in the night,
NewtonIn that dark night, when all was slept around,
Portrait Of the InfantaThe painter, ardent, friendly, pure and smart,
RemembranceWhat is remembrance, yet? A closet, a cellar
ShakespeareHe was just nobody. The one benighted idler,
Venus In the LouvreWithout hands, a stump of truth, so bare,

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