SPRING

(From Baratynsky)

Spring, spring! Such azure blue,

such translucence all around!

Bloombuds move through the gardens

with goldenvoyance in the sky.


Spring, spring! What dash is there

on the wings of the breeze?.

floating-dissolving in the heights,

that’s cloud-cloudy river.


The foam froth-makers roar above;

and, on its back, the river

majestically carries forward

its playful, thawing bits.


The deep blue forest hasn’t yet turned green,

but the sprouting flowers

have already lifted and separated

last year’s decaying leaves.


And there in the high depth,

where the clear skytone sinks,

a mother-of-pearl lark entones:

cloud-cloudy spring!

1921