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Miércoles, 17 de mayo de 2006

IVÁN BILIBIN

EL ZAR SALTÁN


Ilustraciones de Iván Bilibin para El Zar Saltán de A. S. Pushkin.

Otros dibujos de Iván Bilibin.




















Alexandr Pushkin

The Tale of Tsar Saltan,
of his son, the glorious and mighty
knight prince Gvidon Saltanovich,
and of the fair Swan-princess

Translated from the Russian by Louis Zellikoff


Three fair maidens, late one night,
Sat and spun by candlelight.
"Were our tsar to marry me,"
Said the eldest of the three,
"I would cook and I would bake -
Oh, what royal feasts I'd make."
Said the second of the three:
"Were our tsar to marry me,
I would weave a cloth of gold
Fair and wondrous to behold."
But the youngest of the three
Murmured: "If he married me -
I would give our tsar an heir
Handsome, brave, beyond compare."

At these words their chamber door
Gently creaked-and lo, before
These three maidens' very eyes
Stood their tsar, to their surprise.
He had listened by their gate
Whither he'd been led by fate,
And the words that he heard last
Made his heart with love beat fast.
"Greetings, maiden fair," said he -
"My tsaritsa you shall be,
And, ere next September's done,
See that you bear me a son.
As for you, fair sisters two,
Leave your home without ado;
Leave your home and follow me
And my bride that is to be.
Royal weaver, YOU I'll make,
YOU as royal cook I'll take"...

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