Астерий

My, okruzhaya rodnik
Vechnym bogam gekatomby gotovili vozle platana
K zolotu chashi prinik
Zhadno vdykhaya pary khmelʹnogo nektara

I devy omoyut bykov, ukrasyat venkami
I k zritelyam na ploshchadyakh poydet bespokoynoye stado
Vdolʹ zalitykh solntsem bregov
Vdolʹ mramornykh khramov
Tuda gde svyatyye vrata kopʹyem pregrazhdayet Pallada

Bronzovyye zhala
Izvergnut voy iz soten glotok chernykh
Techet rekoyu aloy
Krovʹ detey, Asteriyem rozhdennykh

I slyshit ikh otets iz mrachnykh nedr khrama
Ikh khripu vtorit bezumnyy voplʹ yego
Okonchen dolgiy son v kureniyakh fimiama
Ne vlasten mak i Krit·skoye vino

Pod rokot trub
Velikiy krug
Tribun kolenopreklonennykh
Vzyvayet vnovʹ
Uvidetʹ krovʹ
Detey, Asteriyem rozhdennykh

On videl tsarstva rastsvet
Yego ruiny vdolʹ skal u morya
Skvozʹ verenitsu let
Ikh smekh
Ikh plach
Ikh torzhestvo i gore

Yavisʹ skoreye prints! Pokinʹ pokoi mramornykh zalov
Ventsom Gekaty ukrasʹ izgiby svoikh moguchikh rogov
Predstanʹ pred nami prints! Velikoy zhatvy vremya nastalo
Tebe daruyem lyubovʹ tolpy, nektar i myaso bykov

Yavisʹ Asteriy!