Poems Found in Translation- Boris Pasternak Translated by A Z Foreman

Poems Found In Translation: “Boris Pasternak: Hamlet (From Russian)”

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Boris Pasternak: Hamlet (From Russian) Posted: 03 Mar 2015 12:19 PM PST Hamlet By Boris Pasternak Translated by A.Z. Foreman Click to hear me recite the original Russian The tumults die. Out of the wings, I enter. Leaning inside the doorway to the stage, I seek to catch within a distant echo A sense of what shall happen in my age.  On me a thousand theater glasses focus. My figure in the dark of night they spy. If it be in Thy power, Abba Father, Pray let this cup of torment pass me by. I love Thy high unwavering conception, And have agreed to play this part as tasked. But now another drama is unfolding. So, just this once, release me from the cast. But every act has been already written And journey's end irrevocably marked. I am alone. All things fall Pharisaic.  A mortal life is no walk in the park.  .