The Wanderers’ Song

[istarni]

Прекраснейшее, невозможно, невозможно прекрасное. Почему-то еще вспоминается о.Даниил Сысоев и его горячая теория об уранополитизме-который-важнее-патриотизма, о гражданах неба, гостях на земле...
Оригинал взят у olga_1821 в The Wanderers’ Song

We were born in a country strange,
To the road, to the road again!
In another country we came of age,
On to the road – again!
Yet another country saw us being wed,
To the road, to the road again!
And another land made our children’s bed.
On to the road – again!
We’ve passed through mountains, we’ve passed through woods,
To the road, to the road again!
And we’ve seen droughts, and we’ve seen floods,
On to the road – again!
But on this wide earth, nowhere we’ve had,
To the road, to the road again!
A stable dwelling to lay our head.
On to the road – again!
Our blood is wild, our blood is dark,
To the road, to the road again!
Like the sea that rocked Noah’s ark,
On to the road – again!
Our hearts wait yearningly for the dove,
To the road, to the road again!
To return to the long-lost Kingdom we love, –

Then the road shall end – only then.

Comments

[elven-luinae.livejournal.com]

Эту песню надо петь как гимн, и это булет лучше всех гимнов, вместе взятых!

[istarni.livejournal.com]

Да, вот ты права, это совершеннейший гимн:) У меня теперь их будет два, а был (и остается) первый любимый:

When a knight won his spurs, in the stories of old,
He was gentle and brave, he was gallant and bold
With a shield on his arm and a lance in his hand,
For God and for valour he rode through the land.

No charger have I, and no sword by my side,
Yet still to adventure and battle I ride,
Though back into storyland giants have fled,
And the knights are no more and the dragons are dead.

Let faith be my shield and let joy be my steed
'Gainst the dragons of anger, the ogres of greed;
And let me set free with the sword of my youth,
From the castle of darkness, the power of the truth.

[amarinn.livejournal.com]

Ага, и тебя торкнуло, друг!

Стиш прекрасный, это верно:)

[istarni.livejournal.com]

Как же меня могло _не_торкнуть, друкк:)
И песенный ритм, и Киплинговский этот припев, и главное - тема дороги в _нужном_направлении, а у Киплинга это бывает далеко не всегда:)))