“The Lark” (from the poem “Жаворонок” by Vasily Zhukovsky) — set to music by Elaine Penner and performed in August 2022; watch and listen here, starting at 11:10

“Rowan Berries” (from the poem “Красною кистью…” by Marina Tsvetaeva) — November 2020 in Cardinal Points

• Both “Rowan Berries” and “Autumn” appeared with an essay on the art of translation in Cardinal Points, Volume 10

“Autumn” (from the poem “Осень (отрывок)” by Alexander Pushkin) — November 2020 in Cardinal Points

Russian-English poem translations appearing on this blog:

• “Autumn” by Alexander Pushkin
• “Autumn” attributed to Alexei Plescheev
• “I’ll say nothing…” by Afanasy Fet
• “The Lark” by Vasily Zhukovsky
• “Muse” by Maria Petrovykh
• “Rowan Berries” by Marina Tsvetaeva
• “Tu and Vous” by Alexander Pushkin

Translations in an ongoing project with Ivan Turgenev’s 1882 Prose Poems:

• “The Crone” (Старуха)
• “The End of the World” (Конец света. Сон)
• “The Skulls” (Черепа)
• “The Threshold” (Порог)
• “The Old Man” (Старик)
• “The Two Brothers” (Два брата)
• “The Monk” (Монах)

You’ll find some other translation odds and ends by checking out the translated poems category.