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Original lyrics
Les Silhouettes
The sea is flecked with bars of grey,
The dull dead wind is out of tune,
And like a withered leaf the moon
Is blown across the stormy bay.
Etched clear upon the pallid sand
Lies the black boat: a sailor boy
Clambers aboard in careless joy
With laughing face and gleaming hand.
And overhead the curlews cry,
Where through the dusky upland grass
The young brown-throated reapers pass,
Like silhouettes against the sky.
Submitted by 
Frog on 2017-09-23
Frog on 2017-09-23Translation
Силуэтами
Море - штрихами серыми,
Ветер не в тон пред бурей затих,
И словно* жухлыми листьями,
Лунный свет на волнах размыт.
Выгравированы чётко на белом песке
Чёрная лодка и мальчонка матрос,
Радостно карабкающийся на борт,
Свет отражается на руке и лице.
А наверху кроншнепы зовут,
Туда, где в отдалённом сумраке трав,
Молодые, зноем выжженные, жнецы -
Силуэтами на фоне небес идут.
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Comments
Jadis 
BlackSea4ever
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 16:05
I had Луна размыта и раздута choices, but neither is the image that evokes the picture so I settled on this as I’m trying to convey that poet was describing a painting or a scene. I’m looking to take a class on poetry - don’t expect much even then. Lol.
Pinchus BlackSea4ever
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 17:12
Thanks! I changed it a bit and like it more because I fit in “stormy” and sort of rhymed better the last line by moving words around.
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