Time & Brevity
Elegy
Translated by Ivan Panin (1888) · From Poems (Panin, 1888)
Time & Brevity
My wishes I have survived,
My ambition I have outgrown!
Left only is my smart,
The fruit of emptiness of heart.
Under the storm of cruel Fate
Faded has my blooming crown!
Sad I live and lonely,
And wait: Is nigh my end?
Thus touched by the belated frost,
When storm's wintry whistle is heard,
On the branch bare and lone
Trembles the belated leaf.
Cite this poem
MLA
Pushkin, Alexander. “Elegy.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/6/.
Chicago
Pushkin, Alexander. “Elegy.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/6/.
Read this poem with the Codex →