Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Пусть камнем надгробным ляжет...
English translation:
Let love be the gravestone/Lying on my life...
Added to glossary by
marta-ingrid
Nov 17, 2006 12:57
17 yrs ago
Russian term
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Пусть камнем надгробным ляжет...
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Does anybody know how to translate the following verses by Akhmatova?
Пусть камнем надгробным ляжет
На жизни моей любовь…
Thank you in advance...
Пусть камнем надгробным ляжет
На жизни моей любовь…
Thank you in advance...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | Let love be the gravestone/Lying on my life... |
Kari Foster
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| 4 +1 | a couple of more (below) |
Mylord
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| 3 +1 | Try to keep the rhythm of the original… |
Andrew Vdovin
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| 3 | - |
Irene N
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Proposed translations
+2
51 mins
Kari Foster
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Technical knowledge, attention to detail
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, German to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
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Let love be the gravestone/Lying on my life...
I think
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Spasivo!!
Udachnogo dnia"
+1
1 hr
Andrew Vdovin
Native in Russian
Specializes in field
DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
88
Try to keep the rhythm of the original…
Something like this:
May love be a heavy gravestone
To cover my life and me…
Not too good, maybe, but still might work…
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-17 14:22:26 GMT)
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OR:
Let love be a heavy gravestone...
May love be a heavy gravestone
To cover my life and me…
Not too good, maybe, but still might work…
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-11-17 14:22:26 GMT)
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OR:
Let love be a heavy gravestone...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ara Mkrtchyan (X)
: Variations with rhyme: a hEAvy gravestone may love be, To cover my LIFE as wEll as me/To cover my LIFE, to cover ME;)
2 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
a couple of more (below)
a couple of more
1. May love, like eternal gravestone
Be laid over my life …
2. Let my life be laid over with love
Like a tomb with eternal gravestone...
11 hrs
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May love as a weighty headstone
Be resting upon my life
Be resting upon my life
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