Christmas Star
Author: Boris Pasternak
It was winter .
The wind blew from the steppe .
And it was cold the baby in the manger
On the hillside.
His breath was warm ox .
domestic animals
Were in the cave ,
Over nurseries warm mist floated .
Doha shaking off of bed rot
And grains of millet,
Viewed from a cliff
Awake at midnight distance shepherds.
In the distance was a field in the snow and churchyard ,
Fences , headstone,
Shaft in the snow ,
And the sky above the cemetery full of stars.
And next , unknown before ,
shy bowls
Lodge in the window
Twinkling stars on their way to Bethlehem .
It blazed like a stack , aside
From heaven, and God ,
As a reflection of arson,
As the farm is on fire and the fire on the threshing floor .
She stood burning haystack
Straw and hay
Amid the whole universe ,
This door is blocked by a new star .
Growing glow glowed over it
And it means something ,
And three astrologer
Hastened to the call of the all-time lights.
They were transported by camel gifts .
And donkeys in harness , one short stature
Another short steps down from the mountains.
And the strange vision of the future pores
Rising far all came after .
All thoughts of centuries, all the dreams , all the worlds ,
All future galleries and museums ,
All the mischief of fairies, wizards all cases ,
All the trees in the world, all the dreams of kids .
All the thrill zateplennyh candles, all circuits
All the splendor of colored tinsel ...
... All fiercely and a fierce wind was blowing from the steppe ...
... All the apples, all gold balls .
Part of the secret of the top of the pond alder,
But part of it was visible from here is excellent
Through the rooks nest trees and tops .
As walked along the dam donkeys and camels ,
Could well see the shepherds.
- Come with all worship the miracle -
They said, zapahnuv covers .
By shuffling the snow became hot.
On a bright glade mica sheets
Conducted for the hut barefoot footprints.
On these tracks , as a flame candle ,
Shepherd grumbled in the light of the stars.
Frosty night was like a fairy tale ,
And someone with a snowy ridge navyuzhennoy
All the time invisibly included in their ranks.
Dogs wandered , looking around warily ,
And clung to undershepherds , and waited for trouble.
On the same road through the same area
Went a few angels in the midst of the crowd.
Made them invisible immateriality ,
But step left foot print .
In stone crowded crowd of people.
Dawn . Meaning cedar trunks .
- And who are you? - Maria asked .
- We breed dogs and sky ambassadors,
Came to lift you both praise.
- All together it is impossible. Wait at the entrance.
Amid gray as ash , predawn darkness
Trample drovers and sheep farmers ,
Quarreled with riders , pedestrians ,
In a slotted watering deck
Roared camels, donkeys kick .
Dawn . Dawn, like specks of ash,
Recent stars sweep the sky.
And only the Magi from the myriad ragtag
Maria admitted into the hole of the rock.
He slept , all shining in the manger of oak,
As the month in deepening hollow beam .
He replaced sheepskin coat
Ass lips and nostrils ox .
Stood in the shadows , as if in the darkness of the crib ,
Whispered , barely choosing his words .
Suddenly someone in the dark , a little to the left
From the manger hand pushed sorcerer,
And he looked back at the door to the Virgin ,
As a guest , watching the star of Christmas.
1947