Life ...

Если жизнь тебя обманет,
Не печалься, не сердись!
В день уныния смирись:
День веселья, верь, настанет.
Сердце в будущем живет;
Настоящее уныло:
Все мгновенно, все пройдет;
Что пройдет, то будет мило.

─ Alecksandr Sergeevich Pushkin(1799-1837)

Should this life sometime deceive you,
Don't be sad or mad at it!
On a gloomy day, submit:
Trust - fair day will come, why grieve you?
Heart lives in the future, so
What if gloom pervade the present?
All is fleeting, all will go;
What is gone will then be pleasant.

─ Translated by Genia Gurarie


If by life you were deceived,
Don't be dismal, don't be wild!
In the day of grief, be mild
Merry days will come, believe.
Heart is living in tomorrow;
Present is dejected here;
In a moment, passes sorrow;
That which passes will be dear.

─ Translated by M.Kneller


삶이 그대를 속일지라도
슬퍼하거나 노하지 말아라.
슬픈 날엔 참고 견디라.
즐거운 날이 오고야 말리니.
마음은 미래를 바라느니
현재는 한없이 우울한 것.
모든 것 하염없이 사라지나
지나가 버린 것 그리움이 되리니