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Poems and poems by French authors translated by Vasily Zhukovsky.

Cover illustration by A.Yu. Nikulin; interior illustrations by A. Nikulin and E. Reitern.

Contents:

1. N. Pakhsaryan. V. A. Zhukovsky – translator of French poetry (foreword), pp. 9-16
   
2. Jean Ogierde Gombauld
   
   1. “Unefoisl’anil me vientvoir…” (poem), p. 18
      
   2. “I don’t know why, out of friendship or so…” (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 19
      
   3. Lysimène (poem), page 18
      p. 19
      
3. Jacques Du Laurens
   
   1. “Ci-gît ma femme. Ah! Qu’elleestbien…” (poem), p. 20
      
   2. “This stone is over my beloved wife!..” (poem, translated by V. Zhukovsky), page 21
      
4. DʼAceilly
   
   1. “De nos rentes, pour nos péchés…” (poem), p. 22
      
   2. “Let our income decrease for sins!..” (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 23
      
   3. De la justice (poem), page 22
      p. 23
      
   4. “Dis-je quelque chose assez belle…” (poem), pp. 22, 24
      
   5. The New Poet and Antiquity (a poem freely translated by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 23, 25
      
   6. A un mauvais payeur (poem), page 24
      
   7. Motu (a poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), page 25
      
   8. Sur la mort dʼun puissant ecclésiastique (poem), page 24
      
   9. To Tolstoy egoist (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 25
      
5. Guillaume Amfrie de Chaulieu
   
   1. “Retirez-vous de moi, plaisirs tumultueux…” (poem), page 26
      
   2. Farewell to the old man (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 27
      
6. Jean de La Fontaine
   
   1. Le Héron (poem), pp. 28, 30
      
   2. Heron (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 29, 31
      
   3. Le songe dʼun Habitant du Mogol (poem), pp. 30, 32
      
   4. Mogul dream (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), pp. 31, 33
      
   5. Le vieux Chat et la jeune Souris (poem), pp. 32, 34
      
   6. Old cat and young mouse (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), pp. 33, 35
      
   7. Le Faucon et le Chapon (poem), pp. 34, 36
      
   8. The Capon and the Falcon (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 35, 37
      
   9. Le Chat et le Rat (poem), pp. 36, 38, 40
      
   10. Cat and mouse (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), pp. 37, 39, 41
       
   11. L’Aigleetl’Escarbot (poem), pp. 40, 42, 44
       
   12. The Eagle and the Beetle (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 41, 43, 45
       
   13. Le Milan et le Rossignol (poem), page 44
       
   14. Sokol and Philomela (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), page 45
       
   15. Les obsèques de la Lionne (poem), pp. 46, 48
       
   16. The funeral of a lioness (a poem freely translated by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 47, 49
       
   17. Tircis et Amarante (Extrait) (poem), pp. 48, 50
       
   18. Amina and Endymion (excerpt, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 49, 51
       
7. Anonyme/Unknown author
   
   1. “Certain Pradon, bâtard de Melpomène…” (poem), page 52
      
   2. “Did you write a drama, Fefil?..” (a poem in a free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 53
      
8. François Charpentier
   
   1. Epitaphe de Didon (poem), page 54
      
   2. Dido! how the hand of fate played with you!..” (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), p. 55
      
9. Baraton
   
   1. Lejuge (poem), page 56
      
   2. “Tell them to be quiet there!..” (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), p. 57
      
10. Bernard de La Monnoye
    
    1. “Biaise voyant à lʼagonie…” (poem), p. 58
       
    2. “Barma, who found Foma a little alive, on the way out …” (poem in a free translation of Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 59
       
    3. Monsieur de La Palisse (poem), pp. 58, 60, 62
       
    4. Maxim (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 59, 61, 63
       
11. Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
    
    1. “Chrysologue toujours opine…” (poem), page 64
       
    2. “For Klim everything is like two and two!..” (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 65
       
    3. “Ci-gît lʼauteur dʼun gros livre…” (poem), p. 64
       
    4. Epitaph to a lyric poet (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), page 65
       
12. Jean-François de Saint-Lambert
    
    1. Madrigal (poem), page 66
       
    2. An old man to a young and beautiful girl. Madrigal (a poem in a free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 67
       
13. Jean-Antoine Roucher
    
    1. A ma femme, à mesamis, à mesenfants (poem, p. 68
       
    2. Ruscha to his wife and children from prison, sending them his portrait (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 69
       
14. François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif
    
    1. Les constantes amours d’Alix et d’Alexis. Romance (poem), pp. 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84
       
    2. Alina and Alsim (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), pp. 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85
       
15. Arnaud Berquin
    
    1. Plaintes d’une femme abandonnée par son amant. Romance (poem), pp. 86, 88, 90
       
    2. A mother’s song over her son’s cradle (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), pp. 87, 89, 91
       
16. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
    
    1. LES POÈMES DU DON QUICHOTTE/POEMS FROM DON QUIXOTE
       
       1. “One il ne fut de chevalier…” (poem), p. 92
          
       2. “Who is happier in the sunflower…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 93
          
       3. “Je meurs, ô beauté cruelle!..” (poem), p. 92
          
       4. “Beauty, I’m dying!..” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 93
          
       5. “Enfin ton âme sʼest trahie…” (poem), pp. 92, 94
          
       6. “What good is it, Nisa, to pretend!..” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 93, 95
          
       7. “Heureux qui voit chaque matin…” (poem), pp. 94, 96
          p. 95.97
          
       8. “Ci-gît lʼamant le plus fidèle…” (poem), page 96
          
       9. “This cold grave…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 97
          
       10. “On nous dit que lʼespoir soutient seul la constance…” (poem), pp. 96, 98
           
       11. “Hope, they say, love gives life…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 97, 99
           
       12. “Arbres touffus qui, dans les airs…” (poem), page 9eight
           
       13. “Valleys, peaceful meadows…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 99
           
       14. “Triste ramier de la montagne…” (poem), pp. 98, 100
           
       15. “A solitary dove…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 99, 101
           
       16. “Le coupable a beau fuir, a beau cacher sa vie…” (poem), p. 100
           101
           
       17. “Dans une barque légère…” (poem), page 102
           
       18. “Controlling the light boat…” (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), p.
           
       19. “O nuit que tu me semblois belle…” (poem), pp. 102, 104
           
       20. “Oh night, how beautiful you were…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 103, 105
           
       21. “O gages chers et douloureux…” (poem), p. 104
           
       22. “Pledges of my tenderness…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), p.
           
       23. “Grandeurs, trésors que lʼonenvie…” (poem), pp. 104, 106
           
       24. “Wealth, glory, honor are precious to fools!..” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 105, 107
           
       25. “Montesinos, moncher cousin…” (poem), p. 106
           
       26. “Really, my brother, Montesinos…” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 107
           
       27. “O toi dont les nobles travaux…” (poem), pp. 106, 108
           
       28. “The Great Don Quixote, Merlin is in front of you!..” (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 107, 109
           
       29. “Lʼavare cache sa richesse…” (poem), pp. 108, 110
           
       30. “What should I do, my heart, with you?. .” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 109, 111
           
       31. “Dans le printemps de mesannées…” (poem), pp. 110, 112
           111, 113
           
       32. “LʼAmour un jour, éloigné de samère…” (poem), page 112
           
       33. “Once the god of love, separated from Cyprida…” (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 113
           
       34. “Tufuis, cruel, et jʼexpire…” (poem), p. 114
           
       35. “Sorry, hero! Forgive me, my dear!..” (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 115
           
       36. “Passant, ici repose un hérosfier et doux…” (poem), p. 114
           
       37. “Here lies the one who wandered for a century…” (poem, translated by V.A. Zhukovsky), p. 115
           
    2. LES FABLES/
       
       1. Le singe qui montre la lanterne magique (poem), pp. 116, 118
          
       2. A monkey showing Chinese shadows (a poem in a free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 117, 119
          
       3. Le milan et le pigeon (poem), page 118
          
       4. Falcon and dove (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), p. 119
       5. Les singes et le léopard (poem), pp. 120, 122
          
       6. Monkeys and a lion (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 121, 123
          
       7. Les deux chauves (poem), page 122
          
       8. Quarrel of bald people (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), p.
          
       9. Le chat et le miroir (poem), pp. 122, 124
          
       10. The cat and the mirror (a poem freely translated by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 123, 125
           
       11. La pie et la colombe (poem), pp. 124, 126
           
       12. Dove and magpie (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 125, 127
           
       13. La taupe et les lapins (poem), pp. 126, 128
           
       14. Marmots and the mole (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 127, 129
           
       15. La Fable et la Vérité (poem), pp. 130, 132
           
       16. Truth and Fable (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 131, 133
           
       17. La Mort (poem), page 132
           
       18. Death (poem, translation by V. A. Zhukovsky), page 133
           
17. Evariste Parny
    
    1. Dialogue (poem), page 134
       
    2. Conversation (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), page 135
       
    3. Ephimecide. Imitation dugrec (poem), pp. 134, 136, 138, 140
       
    4. Epimesis (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 135, 137, 139, 141
       
18. Jacques Delille
    
    1. Dithyrambe sur l’immortalité de l’âme. (Extrait) (poem), p. 142
       143
       
19. Antoine-Vincent Arnault
    
    1. La feuille (poem), page 144
       
    2. Leaflet (poem, translation by V. Zhukovsky), page 145
       
20. Xavier de Maistre
    
    1. Le Papillon (poem), pp. 146, 148, 150
       147, 149, 151
       
21. Sophie Cottin
    
    1. Malvina. (Romance) (poem), page 152
       
    2. Malvina. Song (poem from the novel by Sophie Cotten, translated by V. Zhukovsky), p. 153
       
22. François-Benoît Hoffman
    
    1. Le ménage brouillé (poem), page 154
       
    2. Disorder of family harmony (poem, translation by V. A. Zhukovsky), page 155
       
23. Charles-Hubert Millevoye
    
    1. La Fleur (poem), page 156
       
    2. Flower. Romance (a poem in a free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 157
       
    3. L’Arabe au tombeau de son coursier (poem), pp. 158, 160
       
    4. Song of an Arab over the grave of a horse (poem in free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), pp. 159, 161
       
24. Louis de Fontanes
    
    1. La Bible (poem), pp. 162, 164, 166
       
    2. Bible (poem, translation by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 163, 165, 167
       
25. François-René de Chateaubriand
    
    1. “Combien jʼai douces ouvenance…” (poem), page 168
       
    2. “The skies and waters are clear there!..” (a poem in a free translation by Vasily Zhukovsky), p. 169
       
26. Application
    
    1. Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian
       
       1. DON QUICHOTTE. Avertissement du traducteur, pp. 172, 174, 176
          
       2. DON QUIXOTE LA MANKH. Servant’s essay. Translated from the French Florian translation by V. Zhukovsky. Preface, pp. 173, 175, 177
          
    2. Prosper Mérimée
       
       1. Mateo Falcone The Corsican tale (from Merimee) (verse arrangement by V.A. Zhukovsky), pp. 178-184
          
       2. Mateo Falcone (story), pp. 185-196
          
27. N.T. Pakhsaryan. Comments, pp. 197-254
    

Note:

Frontispiece – V.A. Zhukovsky. Watercolor by E. R. Reitern. 1832

The title of the section “ES POÈMES DU “DON QUICHOTTE”/POEMS FROM “DON QUICHOTTE” is given in angle brackets in the publication.

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