--- title: "Vladimir Solovyov and Anna Schmidt · Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт" author: "Sergei Bulgakov" translator: "S. Alexander Laurent" title_ru: "Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт" author_ru: "Сергей Булгаков" languages: [ru, en] shelf: "LCI editions" section: 9 of 12 url: https://scriptura.si/works/bulgakov-solovyov-anna-schmidt/9/ cite: "Sergei Bulgakov, tr. S. Alexander Laurent, Vladimir Solovyov and Anna Schmidt · Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт, section 9. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/bulgakov-solovyov-anna-schmidt/9/" --- # Vladimir Solovyov and Anna Schmidt · Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт *Sergei Bulgakov, tr. S. Alexander Laurent* Russian: Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт, Сергей Булгаков Bulgakov’s essay of 1915 on Solovyov’s mystical poetry, his encounters with Sophia, and Anna Schmidt, the Nizhny Novgorod journalist who believed she had lived the same visions and corresponded with him about them. With its second part, missing from the digital text, restored from the 1918 printing. In Russian beside a new English translation. > Russian: С. Н. Булгаков, «Владимир Соловьев и Анна Шмидт», in Тихие думы. Из статей 1911–1915 гг. (Moscow, 1918); digital text from az.lib.ru (after Третий Завет, St Petersburg, 1993), with Section II, missing there, restored from the 1918 facsimile, pp. 76–81. > English: Laurentium Cultural Industries, complete bilingual annotated working translation. The translator’s commentary stays in the master and is not shown here. ## 9. III. Towards the Problem · 7 of 9 Source: https://scriptura.si/works/bulgakov-solovyov-anna-schmidt/9/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/bulgakov-solovyov-anna-schmidt/9/#p-N [¶0] The loveliness of roses and lilies has blossomed, > Russian: Роз и лилий краса расцвела, [¶1] And in its clear waters the silvery brook > Russian: И в прозрачной волне серебристый ручей [¶2] Catches the gleam of her curls and brow, > Russian: Ловит отблеск кудрей и чела, [¶3] But the queen does not hear what the brook whispers, > Russian: Но не слышит царица, что шепчет ручей, [¶4] Nor does she glance at the flowers: > Russian: На цветы и не взглянет она: [¶5] Sorrow dims the light of her azure eyes, > Russian: Ей туманит печаль свет лазурных очей, [¶6] And her dream is full of grief. > Russian: И мечта ее скорби полна. [¶7] She sees: far away, in the northern land, > Russian: Она видит: далеко, в полночном краю, [¶8] Amid frosty mists and snowstorms, > Russian: Средь морозных туманов и вьюг, [¶9] In solitary battle with the evil power of darkness, > Russian: С злою силою тьмы в одиночном бою [¶10] The friend she has abandoned is perishing. > Russian: Гибнет ею покинутый друг. [¶11] And she casts aside her diamond crown, > Russian: И бросает она свой алмазный венец, [¶12] Leaves her golden chamber > Russian: Оставляет чертог золотой [¶13] And at her faithless friend’s, an unexpected visitor, > Russian: И к неверному другу, -- нежданный пришелец, -- [¶14] Knocks with a hand full of grace. > Russian: Благодатной стучится рукой. [¶15] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Russian: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [¶16] And with eternal love in her azure eyes > Russian: И с любовью вечной в лазурных очах [¶17] She says softly to her friend: > Russian: Тихо другу она говорит: [¶18] “I know, your will is no steadier than the waves of the sea, > Russian: "Знаю, воля твоя волн морских не верней, [¶19] You swore to remain faithful to me, > Russian: Ты мне верность клялся сохранить, [¶20] You broke your vow, but by your betrayal > Russian: Клятве ты изменил, но изменой своей [¶21] Could you change my heart?” > Russian: Мог ли сердце мое изменить?" [¶22] So, here love is mutual, and the ‘friend’ is under the ‘queen’s’ unsleeping, jealous, solicitous protection. Let us listen further to the confessions of 1884. > Russian: Итак, любовь здесь взаимна, и "друг" находится под неусыпной, ревнивой, заботливой охраной "царицы". Вслушаемся далее в признания 1884 г [¶23] Beneath the alien power of a sultry blizzard, > Russian: Под чужой властью знойной вьюги [¶24] Forgetting former visions, > Russian: Виденья прежние забыв, [¶25] Once more, from my mysterious companion, > Russian: Я вновь таинственной подруги [¶26] I heard a fading call. > Russian: Услышал гаснущий призыв. [¶27] And with a cry of horror and pain, > Russian: И с криком ужаса и боли, [¶28] An eagle caught in iron, > Russian: Железом схваченный орел, [¶29] My spirit trembled in captivity > Russian: Затрепетал мой дух в неволе [¶30] And tore the net and soared aloft... > Russian: И сеть порвал и в высь ушел... [¶31] And here is an entry from 1886: > Russian: А вот запись от 1886 года: [¶32] What a heavy dream! In a crowd of silent visions, > Russian: Какой тяжелый сон! В толпе немых видений, [¶33] Pressing and hovering all around, > Russian: Теснящихся и реющих кругом, [¶34] In vain I seek that grace-giving shadow > Russian: Напрасно я ищу той благодатной тени, [¶35] That touched me with its wing. > Russian: Что тронула меня своим крылом. [¶36] But as soon as I yield to the onslaught of evil doubts, > Russian: Но только уступлю напору злых сомнений, [¶37] Gripped by dull anguish and horror, > Russian: Глухой тоской и ужасом объят, -- [¶38] Again I sense above me the unseen shadow’s wing, > Russian: Вновь чую над собой крыло незримой тени, [¶39] Her words ring out as before. > Russian: Ее слова по-прежнему звучат. [¶40] What a heavy dream! The crowd of silent visions > Russian: Какой тяжелый сон! Толпа немых видений [¶41] Grows, grows and blocks the way, > Russian: Растет, растет и заграждает путь, [¶42] And the shadow’s distant voice is scarcely heard: > Russian: И еле слышится далекий голос тени: [¶43] Do not trust the fleeting; love and do not forget. > Russian: Не верь мгновенному, люби и не забудь. [¶44] And an even more significant entry from 1898: > Russian: И еще более знаменательная запись 1898 года: