Final moments of the Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979)
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Tusklyj ogn’ zhelan’ya
Lyublyu glaza tvoi moj drug
S igroj ih plamenno-chudesnoj
Kogda ih pripodymesh’ vdrug
I slovno molniej nebesnoj
Okinesh’ beglo celyj krug…
No est’ sil’nej ocharovan’ya:
Glaza, potuplennye nic
V minuty strastnogo lobzan’ya
I skvoz’ opushchennyh resnic
Ugryumyj, tusklyj ogn’ zhelan’ya.
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by Fyodor Tyutchev(April 1836)
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The Dull Flame Of Desire
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I love your eyes, my dear
Their splendid sparkling fire
When suddenly you raise them so
To cast a swift embracing glance
Like lightning flashing in the sky
But there is a charm that is greater still
When my love’s eyes are lowered
When all is fired by passion’s kiss
And through the downcast lashes
I see the dull flame of desire.
by Fyodor Tyutchev(April 1836)
