Re: [xmca] 'Psychology of Art' and 'Literature and Revolution'

In the translation to Serbo-Croatian, in two verses by Mandelstam (who
is not mentioned by name)
it is:
 "I forgot the word I wanted to say,
and the *disembodied thought* will return into the hall of shadows"

Gumilev is also not named and remains just "a poet"
The translation of his verses is the following:
"And like bees in a deserted hive,
dead words reek"

And then the text continues with:

"But, if thought is not embodied in word, it remains a Stygian shadow, a
"fog, a clang, a gawk", as another poet says."

Absolutely fascinating
Ana

Mike Cole wrote:
> I am almost certain that we are dealing with different version of the
> same
> poem, Natalia.
> Anton's site gives blind swallow. But the later editions of M&R use
> the term
> "word" in
> place of blind swallow. I will forward the Gumilev to you with a
> question in
> a min.
>
> can you post on xmca??
> mike
>
> On 6/7/07, Natalia Gajdamaschko <nataliag@sfu.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 10:53:07 -0700 mcole@weber.ucsd.edu wrote:
>> > This is amazing, Anton.That poem is NOT in Tristia in the "Complete
>> Poetry"
>> > volume. (Or I cannot find it there). But what blew me away was the
>> Russian
>> > of the Swallow:
>> >
>> > ? ????? ????????, ??? ? ???*e*?? ???????:
>> > ??*e*??? ???????? ?? ??????? ?*e*??? ????????
>> >
>> > Literally, isn't this:
>> >
>> > I forget the word I wanted to say,
>> > And the blind swallow returns to the hall of shadows.
>> > (I am not sure of the word, chertog, and do not have a Russian-English
>> > dictionary to hand.
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>> Chertog ---- is a palace , royal palace (or hall) or zamok, dvorec.
>> And
>> yes, swallow is blind.
>> Cheers,
>> Natalia.
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