Elizaveta Friesem
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POEMS: Moon

Picture
***
Однажды, когда ты заснул в колыбели,

Тебя навестила луна.
Ей кто-то сказал, - и хотела проверить
Она эти сплетни сама, -

Ей кто-то шепнул, - ты другой, ты бесёнок
С кудрями из лунных лучей.
Прокралась, взглянула. «Всего лишь ребёнок.
Но будешь мой или ничей».

И чтобы в слезах твое сердце намокло,
С той первой далёкой весны
Она тебе пела, рыдая, сквозь стёкла,
Дарила зелёные сны.

Чтоб сердце, наплакавшись, в лёд превратилось,
Тебя обнимала луна.
Чтоб сердце не билось, чтоб сердце разбилось,
С тобой целовалась она.

***
​По небу над нами

Лунный бык гулял;
Чёрными копытами на звёзды наступал;
А когда смотрел
Вниз, где город спал,
Крылья облаков
Рогом щекотал.

***
​Мне говорят, что я красива,

И в доказательство к лицу,
Чуть-чуть смущенно, торопливо,
Слепое зеркало несут.

И в нем я вижу волны. Волны
Волос под пеной седины;
Взгляд, ускользнувшей жизни полный
И щеки тающей луны.

***
Косматое небо к земле повернулось

Слепым лунным глазом,
И в шерсти седой тут и там заблистали
Созвездий алмазы.

А зрячий свой глаз полусонно оно обратило
От этого лета
Туда, где задумчиво бродят светила
И злые кометы.

***
Облака – её вуаль.
Вскрикнет глухо, глянув в даль.
Льдинкой тающая сталь.
Мой таинственный фонарь.​
***
​Clouds are her veil.
Looking into the distance, she gives out a cry.
Steel that's melting like a piece of ice.
My mysterious lantern.


***
В корсете своем задохнулась луна
И стала смертельно, предсмертно бледна.
А тучи уже наплывают волной,
Чтоб скрыть ее крик за своей тишиной,
Чтоб я не узнала о смерти луны.

Луна мне прислала прощальные сны,
В которых, лишь руки к тебе протяну, -
И ты превращаешься в душную тьму.
***
The moon suffocated in her corset,
Becoming deadly, mortally pale.
And clouds are already flowing like a wave
To hide her scream under their silence,
To make sure that I won't find out about her death.

The moon sent me dying dreams.
In them, once I reach my arms out to you - 
You turn into suffocating darkness. 

***
Пусть по щекам стекают слезы:
Я их поймаю на ладони.
Закончен день, и слишком поздно.
Пусть в облаках луна утонет.

Мне все равно, что ты уходишь.
Мне вместе быть с тобою больно.
А мертвый лик на небосклоне
Так странно кажется довольным…
***
Let the tears run down my cheeks:
I will catch them in my hands.
The day is over, and it's too late.
Let the moon drown in the clouds.

I don't care that you are leaving.
Being with you is too painful.
And the dead face in the sky
Seems so strangely contempt...
  • About
  • Books
    • Media is us >
      • Principles of communication
      • Micro- and macropower
      • ACE model
      • Description of chapters
    • Hypertexts >
      • Me, looking for meaning >
        • All the pages I have started
        • List of completed pages
        • Human thinking is nonlinear >
          • Verbal vs. nonverbal communication
          • Human thinking
          • What is "natural"?
          • On being a writer >
            • On being a scholar
          • Paradox
          • Make Sense >
            • Interpretation
            • Knowledge
          • Human brain
        • Content and form of this book >
          • Rhizome in philosophy
        • My quest for meaning >
          • Why do people hurt each other? >
            • Good vs. evil
            • Violence in the human nature
            • Mean and stupid >
              • Free will
              • Can I give myself credit for being empathetic?
            • Circumstances
            • Cycle of violence
            • Doing the right thing
            • Norms
            • Everybody is connected
            • We hurt others when we are in pain >
              • Emotional pain
            • (Mis)understanding each other's needs
            • Both sides
            • Self-awareness and empathy of higher order
          • Postmodern philosophy >
            • On being right
            • Truth
            • Reality
            • Binaries
            • Power
            • Cognitive biases
            • Why do misunderstandings happen?
            • Postmodern worldview
            • Us and them
          • Science, religion and art
          • Human nature
          • Meaning >
            • Human needs
            • Meaning of life
            • Where do meanings come from?
            • Ideas
            • Why do everyday objects make sense?
            • Meaningless >
              • Common sense
              • Explain/excuse conflation
              • Choice
              • Subjectivity and objectivity
            • "It is what it is"
            • How much do we understand each other?
            • Meaning wars
            • Communication
            • Objectification
            • Meaning communities
            • Meaning-seeking vs. meaning-making
            • Individual meanings vs. shared meanings
            • Feelings
        • Hypertext books
        • Why am I trying to stay sane? >
          • Coronavirus and me
          • I am an optimist
          • What does it mean to "understand"? >
            • Polarization >
              • Parenting
              • Problem/solution binary
            • Understanding ourselves
            • Why is language so unhelpful? >
              • Synesthesia
              • Language
              • Media
            • Empathy >
              • When conflict gets out of control
              • "Little lady" and "differently-abled"
              • Empathy as a matter of self-preservation
              • Self-empathy
            • "I'll never understand!"
          • Everybody has their struggles
          • Privilege
          • "The Death of the Author"
          • What is a text?
          • Literal vs. nonliteral communication
        • What's the point? >
          • Depression
          • Do children ask themselves about the purpose of life?
          • The importance of having a purpose >
            • Knowing your true purpose
            • Self-awareness
            • Inner compass
            • Forgetting about your purpose
        • What will this project become? >
          • Suggested citation format
      • Power of meanings // Meanings of power
      • It's not about "them"
  • Editing
    • Me as your editor
    • How I will help you
    • Pricing
    • Privacy policy
  • Blog
  • Workshops
    • Five (easy) steps to become media literate
    • Surviving the polarization vortex
  • Learn more
    • Bio
    • Talks and interviews
    • Poems >
      • Stranger
      • Lonely heart
      • Fairy tales
      • Dreams and nightmares
      • Moon
      • Seasons
      • Muse
      • Sketches
      • Nonsense
    • Educational materials
  • Contact me