The Pine Tree

The Pine Tree  (1832)  by Mikhail Lermontov, translated by Dmitri Smirnov

The poem was written in 1841. Published 1841. It is a free translation of Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam by Heinrich Heine.

* * * In the wild north a pine tree stands alone       On the bare top of a mountain. It slumbers and sways, covered with       Powdery snow like a mantle. 5 And it dreams constantly: that in faraway wilds       In the land where the sun rises, A cheerless and lovely palm stands alone,       Growing on a gloomy cliff. 1841. Transl. 19 Sept. 2007.

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