| Дети на холме, созерцая горы,
| Children on the hill, contemplating the mountains,
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| Сидя меж камней, затевали споры.
| Sitting between the stones, they started arguing.
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| Сколько лет унесут странствия кумира.
| How many years will take away the wanderings of the idol.
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| И куда приведут три дороги мира.
| And where the three roads of the world will lead.
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| Не было вестей все четыре лета.
| There was no news all four years.
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| Ждали, как гостей, знака и ответа.
| They were waiting, like guests, for a sign and an answer.
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| Там, далеко, снес кумир Башни Гнева.
| There, far away, he took down the idol of the Tower of Wrath.
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| Там, нелегко нес кумир цепи девы.
| There, the idol of the maiden's chain was not easily carried.
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| Там…
| There…
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| Слезы лил на дне, колесил ступени,
| Tears poured at the bottom, traveled the steps,
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| Замерзал во сне, не сгибал колени.
| He froze in his sleep, did not bend his knees.
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| Повидал лунный бал, черные березы,
| I saw a moon ball, black birches,
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| В роднике омывал каменные розы.
| In the spring he washed stone roses.
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| Различал во тьме черные узоры.
| He could make out black patterns in the darkness.
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| Собирал в огне девичьи уборы.
| Collected girls' clothes in the fire.
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| Там, далеко, снес кумир Башни Гнева.
| There, far away, he took down the idol of the Tower of Wrath.
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| Там, нелегко нес кумир цепи девы.
| There, the idol of the maiden's chain was not easily carried.
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| Там…
| There…
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| Талисман любви, что дарили дети,
| The talisman of love that children gave
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| Меченый сапфир жег лучами сети.
| The tagged sapphire burned the nets with rays.
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| Что тянули ко дну, путая довольных,
| What was pulled to the bottom, confusing the satisfied,
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| Что губили в плену пламенных и вольных.
| That they destroyed the fiery and free in captivity.
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| Талисман любви — память о рассвете.
| The talisman of love is the memory of the dawn.
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| Меченный сапфир, преданные дети… | Labeled sapphire, devoted children... |