Zinaida Gippius

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Zinaida Gippius


Born
in Belyov, Russian Federation
November 08, 1869

Died
September 09, 1945

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Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (Russian: Зинаида Гиппиус) was a Russian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker, regarded as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as "one of the most enigmatic and intelligent women of her time in Russia". She was married to philosopher Dmitriy Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky.
See also: Zinaïda Hippius; Зинаида Гиппиус; Зинаида Гипиус
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Живые лица

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Дневники

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Selected works of Zinaida H...

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Петербургски дневници

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Een alledaagse gebeurtenis

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Стихи

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The Sacred Blood

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L'eterno femminino

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Черная тетрадь Зинаиды Гиппиус

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“December’s immaculate coldness feels warm. December feels like blood.”
Zinaida Gippius

The Wedding Ring

Although the lamp was out, above its darkness
I saw the bright reflection of a flame.
My soul is bare, stripped to the purest bareness;
It has escaped, transcended all its bounds.

A man, I held desire my dearest treasure.
but I give it, myself, my sacred pain,
my prayers, my ecstasies - all these, O Father,
I give with love to You, most loving one.

And so the hour of limitless surrender
enclosed me in a cloak of flames like wings;
empowered me with the power of Your commandment,
and clothed me in Your holy veil of fire.

So let me stretch my hand out to my brother;
I look in the Face of You, the Fount of Life,
and in the radiance of transfigured torture
I bear my cross, light as a wedding ring.”
Zinaida Gippius

Швея

Уж третий день ни с кем не говорю...
А мысли — жадные и злые.
Болит спина; куда ни посмотрю —
Повсюду пятна голубые.

Церковный колокол гудел; умолк;
Я всё наедине с собою.
Скрипит и гнется жарко-алый шелк
Под неумелою иглою.

На всех явлениях лежит печать.
Одно с другим как будто слито.
Приняв одно — стараюсь угадать
За ним другое, — то, что скрыто.

И этот шелк мне кажется — Огнем.
И вот уж не огнем — а Кровью.
А кровь — лишь знак того, что мы зовем
На бедном языке — Любовью.

Любовь — лишь звук... Но в этот поздний час
Того, что дальше, — не открою.
Нет, не огонь, не кровь... а лишь атлас
Скрипит под робкою иглою.


The Seamstress

For two days I have not said a word...
Spiteful thoughts gnaw me.
My back hurts; wherever I look
blue spots are floating.

The church bell booms out for a while,
then stops. I am left to myself. The scarlet silk squeaks and slips
as it suffers my hesitant stitches.

All things flow into each other,
but each has a mark of its own;
I fasten on objects, and wonder
What may lie hidden beyond.

The silk flares up in flames,
then turns to a pool of blood;
'love' is our paltry word
for the blood language cannot name.

'Love' is a meaningless sound...
But I shall see no more now, it is late:
Not fire or blood, but silk
suffers my hesitant stitches”
Zinaida Gippius

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