Искусствоед
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Brahma
If the red slayer* think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.
Far or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And one to me are shame and fame.
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Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон
Брама
Убийца мнит, что убивает,
Убитый мнит, что пал в крови,—
Ни тот и ни другой не знает,
Куда ведут пути мои.
Забвенье, даль — мои дороги,
Мне безразличны тьма и свет;
Во мне — отверженные боги,
Величий и падений след.
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*The first line of the poem refers to a "red slayer." In the Hindu social system, members of the military belonged to a caste known as Kshatriya. Because a person in this caste typically burned with a fiery temperament that made him a formidable soldier, he was associated with the color red. Thus, the red slayer is a Kshatriya warrior. Kshatriya is derived from the Sanskrit word katra, meaning rule. (c)
Brahma
If the red slayer* think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.
Far or forgot to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanished gods to me appear;
And one to me are shame and fame.
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Ральф Уолдо Эмерсон
Брама
Убийца мнит, что убивает,
Убитый мнит, что пал в крови,—
Ни тот и ни другой не знает,
Куда ведут пути мои.
Забвенье, даль — мои дороги,
Мне безразличны тьма и свет;
Во мне — отверженные боги,
Величий и падений след.
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*The first line of the poem refers to a "red slayer." In the Hindu social system, members of the military belonged to a caste known as Kshatriya. Because a person in this caste typically burned with a fiery temperament that made him a formidable soldier, he was associated with the color red. Thus, the red slayer is a Kshatriya warrior. Kshatriya is derived from the Sanskrit word katra, meaning rule. (c)