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A tribute to the Russian poet Sergey Yesenin

31 points by warriorkitty 11y ago

fivre 11y ago
You may be interested, if you're not familiar, with The Retuses, a Moscow-area band that has used Esenin's poems as the basis for several songs. Unfortunately, they were never recorded as part of an album, but many recordings are present on Youtube. Some are better than others, and the recording for Письмо к женщине is particularly well done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgcUfMXJLw&t=2m30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgcUfMXJLw&t=2m30s Шаганэ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NYyVB_QyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NYyVB_QyI Though I like this cover of it more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEN3Zugtqgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEN3Zugtqgs Пой же, пой. На проклятой гитаре: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_Kxc9VlFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_Kxc9VlFw though I've sadly never found a better recording.
rdtsc 11y ago
I am not Russian but understand some. Out of all the Russian poets I've read I think Yesenin is my favorite. I didn't see Russian on site (just English and Croatian). I found this with Russian versions, not with too many ads: http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml but the English translation is off. For example in "Letter To Mother": http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml#a_letter_to_mother http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml#a_letter_to_mother "Ты жива еще, моя старушка?" is translated too literally as "Are you still alive, my dear granny?". Granny means more grandmother while in Russian it means more old woman, not just necessarily grandmother. So the translation from OP's link is better: "Are you still alive, my dear old one?"
- forgotpwtomain 11y ago
  There used to be a pretty good website which had most Russian poets (in the original): https://web.archive.org/web/20110310062154/http://litera.ru/stixiya/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110310062154/http://litera.ru/... Not sure what happened to it though.
kushti 11y ago
I think HNers would also like Velimir Khlebnikov / Igor Severyanin / Vladimir Kamensky / Vladimir Mayakovsky and other Russian futurists of early 20th century.
carlom 11y ago
Mayakovski wrote a poem in honour of Esenin: http://m.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sergei-esenin/ http://m.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sergei-esenin/

31 points by warriorkitty 11y ago

fivre 11y ago

You may be interested, if you're not familiar, with The Retuses, a Moscow-area band that has used Esenin's poems as the basis for several songs. Unfortunately, they were never recorded as part of an album, but many recordings are present on Youtube. Some are better than others, and the recording for Письмо к женщине is particularly well done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgcUfMXJLw&t=2m30s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYgcUfMXJLw&t=2m30s Шаганэ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NYyVB_QyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NYyVB_QyI Though I like this cover of it more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEN3Zugtqgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEN3Zugtqgs Пой же, пой. На проклятой гитаре: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_Kxc9VlFw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME_Kxc9VlFw though I've sadly never found a better recording.

rdtsc 11y ago

I am not Russian but understand some. Out of all the Russian poets I've read I think Yesenin is my favorite. I didn't see Russian on site (just English and Croatian). I found this with Russian versions, not with too many ads: http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml but the English translation is off. For example in "Letter To Mother": http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml#a_letter_to_mother http://samlib.ru/w/wagapow_a/yesen.shtml#a_letter_to_mother "Ты жива еще, моя старушка?" is translated too literally as "Are you still alive, my dear granny?". Granny means more grandmother while in Russian it means more old woman, not just necessarily grandmother. So the translation from OP's link is better: "Are you still alive, my dear old one?"

forgotpwtomain 11y ago
There used to be a pretty good website which had most Russian poets (in the original): https://web.archive.org/web/20110310062154/http://litera.ru/stixiya/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110310062154/http://litera.ru/... Not sure what happened to it though.

kushti 11y ago

I think HNers would also like Velimir Khlebnikov / Igor Severyanin / Vladimir Kamensky / Vladimir Mayakovsky and other Russian futurists of early 20th century.

carlom 11y ago

Mayakovski wrote a poem in honour of Esenin: http://m.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sergei-esenin/ http://m.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sergei-esenin/