“I’m happy when you’re blue...” Ivan Bunin
I'm happy when you're blue
You raise your eyes to me:
Young hopes shine in them -
The skies of a cloudless day.It's bitter to me when you, lowering
Dark eyelashes, shut up:
You love without knowing it,
And you shyly hide your love.But always, everywhere and unchanged
My soul is bright near you...
Dear friend! Oh be blessed
Your beauty and youth!
Analysis of Bunin's poem “I am happy when you are blue...”
The theme of love in Bunin’s interpretation is associated with sadness. Poetizing the wonderful feeling that brings a person closer to perfection, the author regretfully states: love does not bring long-term happiness. The separation of lovers is almost inevitable; it promises bitter loneliness and the death of hopes.
The poem “I am happy...” stands out from the general trend. It conveys the emotional intensity of love without negative experiences. Sadness does not invade the cloudless atmosphere of the work. The lyrical hero sincerely enjoys a high feeling and admires his beloved.
In the eyes of the hero, love becomes a cosmos that fills the entire artistic space. To feel happy, a look from the clear eyes of your beloved girl is enough. If she falls silent, lowering her eyes, sadness comes to the hero. Next to your sweetheart, your soul is “bright”: joy and happiness fill your heart.
The work ends on a culminating note. The lyrical hero, addressing his beloved, blesses youth and beauty. Admiration and intoxication with happiness permeate Bunin’s hymn of love. Its sublime tonality brings the poem closer to the biblical “Song of Songs,” where the groom sings to his beloved: “You are all beautiful.”
The laconic description of the lyrical heroine is full of tenderness. Eyes glowing with hope and dark eyelashes shyly covering the gaze - such is the portrait of the young darling. A particularly important detail is the “blue eyes”, which are compared to cloudless skies. The same comparison is found in a work written a decade later - “The Sadness of Eyelashes, Shining and Black.” It seems to continue the theme started in “I’m happy...”. Here “Heavenly Eyes” is clouded with tears, and the feelings of the lyrical hero are mixed with dramatic sensations of the brevity of fleeting happiness and the bitterness of separation.
Comparing the girl’s radiant gaze with the clear sky is an expressive and laconic way of poeticizing earthly feelings. There is also a philosophical subtext hidden in the artistic technique. The poet is interested in the mysterious relationship between man and the incomprehensible cosmos. Appealing to eternal categories of a universal scale - heavens, rays, stars - the author associates with them love, the eternal theme of humanity. Having risen above the real world, a lover is able to touch the innermost secrets of the universe. Thus, the enduring ideological motif of Bunin’s creativity finds expression in love lyrics, overcoming its inherent intimacy.
A beautiful spring day - fragrant, blue,
But I prefer the night of a date with you.
2. With your love...
With your love, with the memory of her
I am stronger than all the kings in the world.
(W. Shakespeare)
3. Chills and heat of love
I was shivering, so I called the doctor.
And he named my illness without treating it.
It is not I, he said, who will heal you,
and the one who says: “I love you.”
You are not a doctor, but call my dear.
Your illness is the chills and heat of love.
(Abu Nuwas)
4. I'm sorry
Sorry! Don't remember the days of the fall,
Melancholy, despondency, embitterment -
Don't remember the storms, don't remember the tears,
Don't remember the jealousy of threats!
But the days when love shone
It rose tenderly above us
And we made our way cheerfully, -
Bless and don't forget!
(N. Nekrasov)
5. You are always incomparably good...
You are always incomparably good,
But when I'm sad and gloomy,
Comes to life so inspirationally
Your cheerful, mocking mind;
You want to laugh so brightly and sweetly,
This is how you scold my stupid enemies,
Then, hanging his head sadly,
You make me laugh so slyly;
You are so kind, stingy with affection,
Your kiss is so full of fire,
And your beloved eyes
So they dove and stroke me, -
What's wrong with you?
I bear it wisely and meekly,
And forward - into this dark sea -
I look without the usual fear...
(N. Nekrasov)
6. I'm happy
I'm happy when you're blue
You raise your eyes to me:
Young hopes shine in them -
The skies of a cloudless day.
It's bitter to me when you, lowering
Dark eyelashes, shut up:
You love without knowing it,
And you shyly hide your love.
But always, everywhere and unchanged
My soul is bright near you...
Dear friend! Oh be blessed
Your beauty and youth!
(I. Bunin)
7. Oh, woman, child, accustomed to play...
Oh, woman, child, accustomed to play
And the gaze of tender eyes, and the caress of a kiss,
I should despise you with all my heart,
And I love you, worrying and yearning!
I love and long for you, I forgive and love,
I live alone with you in my passionate torments,
For your whim I will destroy my soul,
Take everything, take everything for yourself - for the look of the beautiful eyes,
For a lying word that is more tender than truth,
For the sweet melancholy of ecstatic torment!
You, sea of strange dreams, and sounds, and lights!
You, friend and eternal enemy! An evil spirit and a good genius!
(K. Balmont)
8. Strange! We're almost strangers...
Strange! We are almost strangers -
Two words at meetings and a bow...
Do you know? Attracted to you
With a heart full of sweet languor, -
Strange to think! - I'm in love with you!
How can I save myself from this misfortune?..
So you are submissive to your fate,
So you have a lot of power over your heart...
I'm crazy to think about you
I can’t live without pain and without passion...
(A. Zhemchuzhnikov)
9. I fell in love with this red hair...
I fell in love with this red hair.
If you are nearby, then suddenly somehow
Something strange is happening with the voice
And the tongue sticks to the larynx.
To me the smiles of your slightly mocking lips
Warmth penetrates directly into the heart,
So I become uncharacteristically polite
And I'm afraid to break you like glass.
Your eyes are the heavenly light of the dark midnight
Lights up the corners of my soul -
Without him I would continue to live like a bastard,
With him, I won’t be able to sin even in my thoughts.
I love your image with every cell,
You are my angel, there is no brighter among people;
Tied with a silk ribbon
My life is a gift to you: accept it!..
(A. Bolev)
10. In the name of love
A slender maple is striving for the sun!
But from blizzards or thunderstorms
He will fall on the same slope
Where the seed sprouted.
For the maple and for the sparrow
Nature has woven a web...
That's how it is for me to be close to you
And live and die.
But instinct is not in my blood,
The law is not of secret forces -
I am in the bright name of love
Sentenced to you.
(V. Sapronov)
11. I'm crazy about you...
I'm crazy about you
I searched, wanted, dreamed about it,
When winter is cold
It will be the hottest summer for me.
Sound in me, I ask you,
A beautiful song, never stopping.
I'm crazy about you
You are the only one in the world.
My words will make you laugh
I stubbornly repeat again:
"I'm crazy about you!"
I don't know what's funny about them?
I am like a parched land
You are the warm rain that came down from heaven,
And an impenetrable wall.
You don't need a crazy person.
(K. Vukolov)
12. I can’t imagine myself without you...
I can't imagine myself without you.
You are the source of good fire,
The tenderness of the sun at sunset,
My unearthly music.
I always cherish it in my heart,
I can't think of a better one.
May we be heaven and earth with you,
I can't imagine myself without you.
So many tender and beautiful words
Ready to repeat endlessly.
It's impossible without loving
I can't imagine myself without you.
All gods can be worshiped
Fall in a frenzy at their feet.
I don’t believe in them, I’m not afraid of punishment,
Because I pray for you.
Try until your last days
Remain my joy
The song rings in my soul.
I can't imagine myself without you.
(K. Vukolov)
13. Gift
Beauty -
A unique gift.
Give me
kind look
For memory.
How does it suit your eyes?
Tan.
And this leads to a smile
Blush.
From the metro
You got up
Up, -
White birch
Among the willows.
Give me
Your happy laughter.
Show me
Princely favor:
If you can -
Hug in front of everyone
Convince
That I didn’t dream about you.
(A. Dementyev)
14. Message
About everything I feel and know
I want to tell you.
But why am I sighing?
But why am I silent?
Streams of words bubble within me,
And they barely leave your lips
Half verses, half hints,
Half-chant, half-word.
When I see you,
It's clearer to you than any words
Will tell you everything
one
simple
The touch of my hands.
(A. Bezymensky)
15. Looking through dates for your love...
Looking through the dates of your love,
I can't imagine one:
That you were once a stranger to me
And I didn’t know anything about you.
No matter what deadlines pass
And no matter how much I leave the earth,
I should bless the roads again and again,
What brought you and me to meet.
(S. Shchipachev)
16. Is that moment close...
Is that moment close?
When will you give me your hand?
Or you forever
Am I doomed to be separated?
About the fact that you are my happiness,
The meadows whisper to me as they bloom.
When will you tell me about love?
Are you kind and simple?
Soon the flowers will fade
Sometimes autumn is sad...
So give me your hand
May happiness illuminate us!
(Jan Poruk, trans. V. Shefner)
17. Words of love - they are as old as the stars
Words of love are as old as the stars
And maybe even older than the stars.
But I whisper them as if I created them today
And for the first time he mumbled his words.
(Kaisyn Kuliev)
18. They tell me that I’m in vain...
They tell me that I'm in vain
Tied fate with your destiny,
What, with restless and passionate,
I don't know peace with you.
But I don't need peace, -
Loving paths that are troubling,
I'd rather suffer with you
How to be calm without you.
(V. Karpeko)
19. To a girl
You live in me without cooling down,
You managed to become my destiny.
Proud, tall, simple,
What should I do? How should I be with you?
At night I dream of your light figure,
Without you there is such a darkness around.
By mistake, you, my tit,
Instead of the sea, I set my heart on fire.
I give you my word,
But I don’t hear anything in response.
And sadly I pass again
Three steps away from your happiness.
(Jack Althausen)
20. Give an answer to your heart
I love you,
I beg you
Do you see that the east has begun to turn pink?
Finally decide
Say "yes" or "no"
Just answer something to your heart.
If you say yes
If you say yes
Call me to the ends of the world -
Where the sands ring
A garden city will arise,
City named after bright love!
If you say no
If you say no
I'll figure out what to do myself -
In the heat, in the snowstorm, in the frost
I'll fly to the stars
And I will be able to earn love!
(L. Derbenev)
21. Where have you been?
Only the day before yesterday fate brought us together
Until then, where were you?
Couldn't you have come earlier?
How many times did the summer dawn bloom,
How many times has spring come in vain!
The evenings floated in the stars outside the window.
Where are you, where have you been?!
How many days have been lost!
They cannot be returned!
Leaves were falling and a snowstorm of chalk.
Where have you been?
Even though I didn't know your name
But I called you, I called you day and night!
And again darkness surrounded me.
Where have you been, where have you been?
It's hard to tell how until these days
I lived in the world without your love.
I spent my days and evenings with someone.
And I found you the day before yesterday!
How many days have been lost!
They cannot be returned!
Leaves were falling and a snowstorm of chalk.
Where have you been?
(L. Derbenev)
22. What to give you
What to give you
Besides true love?
Maybe this spring
Maybe their own songs,
Maybe a starry night
Maybe a quiet dawn?
What to give you
My dear man,
How to thank fate
What brought me to you?
What should I give you?
Maybe those cranes
What's being carried south?
Songs of Russian fields?
Maybe blue fog
Maybe apple blossom?
Nothing is impossible for me!
What to give you
My dear man,
How to thank fate
What brought me to you?
(Spanish N. Karachentsev)
23. I want to go to Wonderland
I want to go to Wonderland
Where the forest grows to the sky,
Where the river of love flows
Reflecting the clouds.
I want to go to Wonderland
I would disappear in it with you,
Believe me, I'm not lying
I can do anything for you!
Who said that these days
No miracles and no love?
I will answer only one thing:
It's sad and funny.
I want to go to Wonderland
Where are the lakes of crystal sparkle,
Where is the tall grass
Covers the islands.
I want to go to Wonderland
I would disappear in it with you,
So that one day in silence
You opened your heart to me.
Who said that these days
No miracles and no love?
I will answer only one thing:
It's sad and funny.
I want to go to Wonderland
Where the stars have a magical shine,
Where are the flowers of all colors
I'm ready to give it to you.
I want to go to Wonderland
I would disappear in it with you,
To tell you everything
Link two destinies into one.
Who said that these days
No miracles and no love?
I will answer only one thing:
It's sad and funny.
(Spanish: Yu. Antonov)
24. If only my love, my dear friend...
If only my love, my dear friend,
Would suddenly turn into a ray of sunshine,
If he were the hottest ray,
Snow would flow from the top like a stream.
If only I could miraculously love my love
Suddenly turn into the most modest flower,
There would be no brighter colors in the world -
I am ready to swear to you this.
If it were both stormy and bright,
I could suddenly turn into a sea,
I bet that seas of similar depths
I haven't met a single sailor in the world.
If only my love was for a moment
Suddenly it would turn into a mountain spring,
It couldn't be cleaner than that spring -
I know this for sure.
The tenderness of a flower and the vastness of the seas -
You received everything in my love.
The freshness of the spring, the heat of a July day...
No, you can’t help but love me!
(R. Gamzatov)
25. What happiness, grace...
What happiness, grace
Lie down, take cover,
To fall asleep next to you,
Waking up with you!
While we were sleeping, you and me,
The leaves rustled in the garden
And dark edges from the sky
They sparkled every now and then.
While we were sleeping, at the table
The eccentric argued with drowsiness,
But I slept, I slept, and you slept,
And the dream was worth all the iambs.
We slept, slept... Equally
With love and immortality
It was given for nothing in a dream,
That during the day - sheer diligence.
We slept, slept, in spite of
In defiance, they delved into
In sleep patterns and curls,
In detail, they just slept.
All night. Pressing your cheek to your cheek.
With the gullibility of a bird.
And in such defenselessness
Greatness has descended upon us.
Thunder crashed into our sleep all night,
He waited all night for an answer:
What happiness it is to sleep together,
Who allowed us to do this?
(A. Kushner)
26. If you stop loving me...
If you stop loving me,
Anything is possible in life
happen
And with another happy one
you will
I won't be angry with you!
If you stop loving me,
No one will help here,
And with another happy one
you will
Let the blame be on you
doesn't bite!
If at night you
you'll wake up
Remembering our meetings,
Don't worry about me.
I know this is my destiny!
I will heal the wound on my heart,
If only you were
happy!
I won't blame you.
So he me
more worthy!
If suddenly you
will get sad
It's getting chilly
at dawn-
So, somewhere, far away,
I met another love!
(N. Vedenyapina)
27. Even if you leave...
Even if you leave
If you leave me, -
I won't believe this lie
Like white frost in spring.
Even if you leave
If you leave me, -
The rain will remind you of you,
Summer rain and blue dusk.
Because in the rain
We walked, happy.
And thunder roared above us,
The puddles were cold on my feet.
Even if you leave
If you leave me, -
I will curse you... And yet
You will remain a goddess.
You will remain in me
Like an icon in God's temple.
Like a fresco on the wall
Like roses and scarlet flames.
And until I die,
I will pray to you.
At night and in the morning,
So that you can dream about it at least once.
So that you wake up in tears.
And, as before, she smiled...
But my ashes will not know
That my beloved has returned.
(A. Dementyev)
28. Thank you for being...
Thank you for being you.
Because your voice is spring
Comes like good news
In moments of resentment and doubt.
Thanks for your candid opinion:
Whatever I ask you -
Your pains hurt inside me,
Your strength is accumulating in me.
Thank you for being you.
Through all distances and time frames
Some hidden currents
Suddenly they will remind you again - you are here.
You are here on earth. And everywhere
I hear your voice and laughter.
I enter into our friendship as if it were a miracle.
And I rejoice at the miracle in front of everyone.
29. Don’t write, lock the doors...
Let you not write, lock the doors,
You take someone's lies to heart,
We will meet anyway, I believe
You can't get over your first love.
Since childhood, from my school desk, I have known you,
Cherished with joy alone,
You won’t leave, you won’t go to someone else:
Wherever you go -
Are you home,
No matter who you go with -
You are with me.
(A. Yashin)
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30. Still life
There is one proverb on Earth:
And your eyes are also swollen,
Don't let someone else drown in them.
The night sways with a slight unsteadiness,
What is planned is achieved.
Time stood still in a dark room
Devils live in still waters.
Let all good things never end,
I don't want to lose you.
Words dance about you:
"Still waters run deep."
(K. Vukolov)
31. Your eyes are green...
Your eyes are green
Sometimes they laugh, sometimes they get sad.
There are hidden desires in them,
I don't understand what they want.
Maybe they want it too
So that I don't leave
The evening didn't end quickly
And the dawn didn’t wake me up.
I want your ringlets
They don't let me live in peace.
I keep beating around the bush
And I don't know how to decide
To tell or not to tell,
Why do I hardly sleep?
Reward or punish
I love you with my “I love you”.
Green-eyed beauty
Malachites, turquoise.
I immediately fell in love forever
Those wonderful eyes.
(K. Vukolov)
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32. First of April
How did you end up where I live?
Did I dream it or was it real?
I'll stroke your hair, take your hand,
Only then will I believe my happiness.
White snowstorms are still swirling,
The trees are still sleeping under the weight of snow,
White snowstorms are still swirling,
But everything seems to me, but everything seems to me,
What do you suddenly say: April first.
(I. Shaferan)
33. You and I didn’t notice
You and I didn't notice
at that moment of awkward phrases.
You and I met in life
on the best day and at the best hour.
Glory to us, not just chance!..
Suddenly burned with happiness,
the best
the best
We became for each other.
Life has its own speeds,
and why be cunning now -
in everyday life, in sorrow or in pride
say differently?
Glory to us, not just chance!
Life is work, song, fight!
Save our best
we owe it to you.
If anything, let us not notice
and now awkward phrases,
you and I met in life
on a better day
and at the best hour.
(V. Kotov)
34. Your name
I whisper your name like a prayer.
Meeting you is like a smile,
Like fate's golden ratio,
Like a violin singing through tears,
As if reconciliation with earthly sadness.
A piercing wind swirls over the world,
In the cold I will hide under your warmth,
At an hour when the good sun does not shine,
The world is covered with yellowed leaves.
Confuses the wind and leaves and faces,
Digging madly, hellish brimstone.
Wild birds fly by.
Love wanders, having lost its faith...
The light of your eyes in this twilight, as if
I’m standing next to the miraculous icon...
Our chapel is light and silent.
The heart is filled with mountain freshness.
I whisper your name like a prayer.
Only love promises salvation.
I whisper your name like a prayer.
You are my life, you are my consolation.
Your name... your name...
Your name...
(N. Dobronravov)
35. Everything suits you.
Everything suits you when you walk
By the silence, by the rustle of the grass,
By the sound of birds, by the smell of rain,
Finding the sun in every dewdrop.
Everything suits you when you walk
In a transparent dream, in the cool blue,
On the edge of the day, on the edge of existence.
And every time I admire you.
(N. Yaroslavtsev)
36. Confession
How long do I have to bear words?
Talk - don't talk
Permission must be asked
To give them to you.
You are so unusual
Warm rain for January
And probably familiar
Listen to what I say.
Maybe you're on the wrong street
Along the way from afar.
Such clever people could live
Only in ancient times.
The guitar string will sing,
I barely touch it.
You are a melody, madam,
To wonderful words.
(K. Vukolov)
37. Proposal
Let's go, dear, to the altar!
Let them put rings on you and me!
I will illuminate your whole life
A ray of undying sun!
I will become the song of the nightingale,
The murmur of waters, the clap of thunder!..
And you, my beloved,
Become my mistress of the house.
I will delight your ears
And disperse the everyday darkness.
And you... You will transform
Sketches of days in the Louvre paintings.
(A. Smirnov)
38. I'm in love with your eyes!
I am in love with your eyes, dear, dear!..
I can't live without them! I suffer without them!..
I look into your eyes with tenderness and fear.
I will put my head on the block for one look at them!
My whole world was reflected in your eyes at once.
I am in front of them - like a monk in front of the iconostasis!
For me your eyes are the blue of the sea.
I have long dreamed of choking on their colors!
(A. Smirnov)
39. Breathe without you...
Breathe without you
Can.
And live without you
Can.
And yet
I'm breathing
Like a fish
On the shore.
And yet
I live
Like on a longboat
In the storm -
Knocks me down
Wave
And it's acting up
Motor...
I'm long
I won't last
Even though you say:
- Hold on!
In distant
in your hands -
My breath
And life.
(A. Drakokhrust)
40. Whatever you want to call it...
Whatever you want to call it.
We have become dearer to each other,
more caring, more tender in love,
but why am I so anxious?
I began to attach importance to dreams,
sometimes I think, getting gloomy...
It’s clear that the stronger love is,
the more terrible we are for her.
(S. Shchipachev)
41. Ask me!
Ask me!
I will answer
that I love you
From the first meeting.
My dear,
The most beautiful of all!
to breathe without you
I can't.
Forever a disease
And treatment
of my mind
Darkening.
Happiness to heaven
Even higher.
You wanted everything
Hear this?
(K. Vukolov)
42. When I just look at you...
When I just look at you
then I thank fate for you.
When your hand is in my hand
then everything bad is somewhere in the distance.
When I lean my cheek against yours,
then I’m not afraid of anything in the world.
When I stroke your hair,
then the heart skips a beat with love.
When I look into happy eyes,
then on mine there is a tear from tenderness.
There are no perfect words
that they can convey my love.
And because you are next to me,
I'm kind, I'm good, I'm alive.
(E. Ryazanov)
43. It’s absurd to live without loving...
It's absurd to live without love,
Don't rush the days of separation,
I hope for a miracle
As for God, for you!
You have to believe, you have to live,
We must cherish happiness.
To become your love
You have to deserve it...
For the sake of this beauty
I will burn bridges to the past days.
I love you, I know...
I love you. And you?
(According to N. Dobronravov)
44. I love you always
Grief is no problem for me.
At the hour of meeting, at the hour of separation, -
I love you always.
Just raise your eyebrows
Just lead your heart,
The heart will stand under the banner
Attacking love!
(According to N. Dobronravov)
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45. I love you, do you hear, I love you!
I love you, hear me, I love you!
I love recklessly and forever
Forgive my recklessness.
Forgive me for any carelessness.
Even quarrels happen, who knows.
Happiness cannot be measured by one yardstick,
Only I'm not tired of waiting for you.
But I'm not tired of believing you.
Believe our worries and dreams.
Believe in your loyalty and tenderness.
I won't give you to anyone.
I love you, hear me, I love you!
Only you...
Only you... I love.
(S. Ostrovoy)
46. I can’t live without you
Your gait is strict,
Your black eyes...
What will I tell you?
Just:
I can't live without you.
(A. Yashin)
47. From that wonderful moment...
From that wonderful moment
from that touch of lips with lips,
airy, like a breeze
the night breeze above us,
your path crossed my path,
the soul thawed, kinder,
and the kiss didn't fit
in two lives, in the silence of April,
and, showing us your mercy,
unknown revelation
divinely stopped
and the moment became eternity.
(R. Kazakova)
48. I couldn’t help but say...
Inspired happiness
Trembling, tender,
Kind, perky,
Sometimes a little absurd
Very knowledgeable
Silently understanding
Calling for exploits,
Giving me strength
The most beautiful thing
I'm a little jealous,
Moderately demanding
And in everyday life you are attentive,
What is so desired in life,
God can see what is given,
You ask, what am I talking about?
About you - darling!
(M. Mironov)
49. You! You! You!
And you can't imagine
What do you mean to me.
How you disturb my soul,
How I miss you.
Without you, a day feels like an eternity.
The night is terrible without you.
Emptiness and heartlessness
If we've been apart for more than a day.
Your eyes are a whirlpool of passion.
Kisses are a shower of stars.
The magic of love power
They keep me from cheating.
I only want you alone,
I only want you alone.
I adore you endlessly
I love you to death!
(A. Maltsev)
50. YOU
Through the golden sieve
Late larches
Strains the sun
Quiet light.
And all that is YOU,
Everything is unique to me.
For this meeting and for many years to come.
Oh, that look!
Oh, this unfading light!
I will create a prayer of confessions.
I'm forever soul
And a believer in body
Into your love
And your beauty.
(A. Dementyev)
51. Desire
You touched my eyes
So tender, so warm...
From now on let them disappear
Forever sadness and evil.
From now on reflect
Must in my eyes
Always kindness and happiness -
After all, you touched them!
(N. Grieg)
52. I go into your eyes like into a secret...
I go into your eyes like into a secret,
Don't be embarrassed and don't contradict.
I will never get tired of looking at them -
Love lives and shines there.
Look into mine too,
don't be afraid,
Like a teacher writing a notebook to a schoolchild.
But I don't know:
Are they more happy?
Or fear -
happiness to lose.
(M. Plyatskovsky)
53. Everything for you
I learned to walk so I could come to you.
I learned to speak so that I could talk to you.
I fell in love with flowers so I could give them to you,
I loved you so that I could love life.
(R. Gamzatov)
54. Until we meet you
This was back in the era
until we meet you.
I then took it on faith
that the sky is blue,
that stars are needed in the world,
that the earthly world is beautiful.
Now these hypotheses
proven. You are with me.
(V. Sikorsky)
55. Oh how I once lied, saying...
Oh how I once lied when I said:
“My love couldn't be stronger.”
I didn’t know, full of flames of grief,
That I know how to love even more tenderly.
(W. Shakespeare)
56. Don't like...
You don’t love, but you are waiting for my love.
You are looking for the truth, but you yourself are a lie.
(Rudaki, translated from Farsi by S. Lipkin)
57. I remember you alone...
I remember you alone
when I can't sleep.
When I fall asleep in the morning,
you come in a dream.
A minute is like infinity -
when you're far away.
When you're near, even eternity -
fast and short.
(Omar ibn Abi Rabiah)
58. I want you, my happiness...
I want you, my happiness,
My unearthly beauty!
You are the sun in the darkness of bad weather,
You are the dew that burns the heart!
Inspired by love for you,
I will rush into battle with fate.
Like an ear scorched by a thunderstorm,
I will bow in the dust before you.
For the sweet delight of rapture
I will pay with my life!
At least at the cost of frenzy -
I want you!
(K. Balmont)
59. How beautiful you are, my fairy tale!
How beautiful you are, my fairy tale!
Like snowflakes, my eyes sparkle,
Your skin smells like roses,
The moon's ray was lost in her hair.
I would compare your gait
With the wild grace of a black panther.
I don’t recognize myself with you -
Like a boy, I believe you in everything!
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60. They say love is a mystery
They say love is a mystery.
I solved the riddle.
The soul is warm and sweet,
How I went to heaven during my lifetime.
And an angel appeared
Unreal beauty.
I fell in love with you very much!
There is only you in my heart!
61. I love you, and it's no secret
I love you and it's no secret
And I know your answer in advance,
I know about the reciprocity of love,
But call me anyway.
I want to hear your gentle voice,
I want to touch you with my hand.
You are tender, my beloved,
And only with you will I be happy!
62. You are like a trembling flower
You are like a trembling flower,
I'm not alone without you.
You are worthy of great love
Give me your heart.
I won't get tired of loving you
And I will never stop
After all, happiness is only with you,
Thank you for your love!
63. Your look is dearer to me than anything else
Your glance is dearer to me than anything else,
I need your smile like air.
Love me only one
Because I love you seriously.
I don't want to lose you
Out of everyone, I only need you.
And now I’m ready to give everything,
To make your wish come true.
64. Lie down
Good night, my piece of happiness,
So welcome, like the sun in bad weather.
Lie down, relax and sleep,
Perhaps you will see me there.
The theme of love in Bunin’s interpretation is associated with sadness. Poetizing the wonderful feeling that brings a person closer to perfection, the author regretfully states: love does not bring long-term happiness. The separation of lovers is almost inevitable; it promises bitter loneliness and the death of hopes.
The poem “I am happy...” stands out from the general trend. It conveys the emotional intensity of love without negative experiences. Sadness does not invade the cloudless atmosphere of the work. The lyrical hero sincerely enjoys a high feeling and admires his beloved.
In the eyes of the hero, love becomes a cosmos that fills the entire artistic space. To feel happy, a look from the clear eyes of your beloved girl is enough. If she falls silent, lowering her eyes, sadness comes to the hero. Next to your sweetheart, “the soul is bright”: joy and happiness overwhelm the heart.
The work ends on a culminating note. The lyrical hero, addressing his beloved, blesses youth and beauty. Admiration and intoxication with happiness permeate Bunin’s hymn of love. His
the sublime tonality brings the poem closer to the biblical “Song of Songs,” where the groom sings to his beloved: “You are all beautiful.”
The laconic description of the lyrical heroine is full of tenderness. Eyes glowing with hope and dark eyelashes shyly covering the gaze - this is the portrait of the young chosen one. A particularly important detail is the “blue eyes”, which are compared to cloudless skies. The same comparison is found in a work written a decade later - “The Sadness of Eyelashes, Shining and Black.” It seems to continue the theme started in “I’m happy...”. Here “Heavenly Eyes” is clouded with tears, and the feelings of the lyrical hero are mixed with dramatic sensations of the brevity of fleeting happiness and the bitterness of separation.
Comparing the girl’s radiant gaze with the clear sky is an expressive and laconic way of poeticizing earthly feelings. There is also a philosophical subtext hidden in the artistic technique. The poet is interested in the mysterious relationship between man and the incomprehensible cosmos. Appealing to eternal categories of a universal scale - heavens, rays, stars - the author associates with them love, the eternal theme of humanity. Having risen above the real world, a lover is able to touch the innermost secrets of the universe. Thus, the enduring ideological motif of Bunin’s creativity finds expression in love lyrics, overcoming its inherent intimacy.
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