The Nightingale
by Alexander Pushkin
In silent gardens, in the spring, in the darkness of the night
Sings above the rose from the east the nightingale;
But dear rose neither feeling has, nor listens it,
But under its lover's hymn waveth it and slumbers.
Dost thou not sing thus to beauty cold?
Reflect, O bard, whither art thou striding?
She neither listens, nor the bard she feels.
Thou gazest? Bloom she does; thou callest? --
Answer none she gives!
1827
Source:
PoemsCopyright 1888
Translator: Translated from the Russian, By Ivan Panin
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