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down by the water
bracken holds scrolls of Spring songs
conducted by sun

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Ilya Shambat : Russian Poems Translated into English

Ilya Shambat grew up in the Soviet Union and he translates Russian poetry into English. A long-running history of his translations and copious essays can be found archived on the Usenet group, 'alt.astrology'. I read his poetry there for years and I really enjoyed it. Usenet archives are a treasure trove of literature.

Here are some links to a few of the poems in English.

To Mother
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/ftRKOHCrxjg/m/yTmKaHmdBgAJ

Poem by Marina Tsvetayeva
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/QAju7J-CzV0/m/jZ67u5TIAQAJ

The Snake
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/WsqTMu7oHFY/m/OkFDKKQtAwAJ

Tree of Life
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/AqjTNVD4fW4/m/J-g1No3ZAwAJ

The Poison Tree
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/jcdFhPyMZV0/m/B06x2OQZAQAJ

Poem of feeling of spring
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/acLjVsopIGQ/m/OwJEWPZvAwAJ

Persephone's Bees
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/VJbVb0Zi2jA/m/xWvbfnpXAwAJ

Unfinished Flight
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/DwktUzfzaQ8/m/HTirTFt2BQAJ

Cupolas
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.astrology/c/uQh0rcdhnLo/m/0H1rKGLyAAAJ

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In which I read Nathan Alterman's poem "Moon" in Hebrew & then in my English translation

"Even an old landscape has a moment of its birth.
The strange, impregnable
And birdless skies.
Under your window, moonlit on the earth,
Your city bathes in cricket-cries...."

https://youtu.be/WB8e1t2ZAC0

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In which I read the beginning of Shanfara's Lāmiyyah in a reconstruction of Early Classical Arabic pronunciation

https://youtu.be/Un7L5RSSwQM

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In which I read Mahmoud Darwish's poem "We have the right to love autumn" in my English blank verse translation, and then in the original Arabic.

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In which I read Shakespeare's Sonnet 81 in a reconstruction of early 17th century pronunciation, and also in my normal accent for comparison.

Note, in this reading, that the words "grave" and "have" are full rhymes, as are "o'er-read" (inf.) and "dead". You can read more about this on the entry at my patreon page for this sonnet:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/shakespeares-81-86549825

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A reading of Firdawsi's account of the world's creation from the beginning of the Shahnama, read in a reconstruction of (10th century Khorasani) Early New Persian pronunciation. Accompanied by my own verse-translation

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