Till En Vildmarkspoet - Александр Рыбак

Och snön föll vit i vinterskog

där räven stod på lur

för tystnaden i blånad vildmarkstrakt.

Här dröjde du vid kojans eld

och drömde om en vår

och skrev din sång och höll vid milan vakt.

Nu porlar den i vårens tid

din fors i milsvid skog!

Nu surrar den av bin din sommaräng!

Jag anar spår av kärva steg

som trötta spelmän tog

och rosors blod

i ton från sorgens sträng.

Än sjunger vinden vida,

när hösten brinner röd,

din sång om livets villkor,

om kamp för hem och bröd.

Nu porlar den i vårens tid

din fors i milsvid skog!

Nu surrar den av bin

din sommaräng!

Jag anar spår av kärva steg

som trötta spelmän tog

och rosors blod

i ton från sorgens sträng.

Du vandrare, du speleman,

du kung i tiggardräkt,

du brann i natten fylld av köld och is.

Den eld som brann den värmer än,

din saga och din dikt

om evig sol och sommarparadis.

Nu porlar den i vårens tid

din fors i milsvid skog!

Nu surrar den av bin din sommaräng!

Jag anar spår av kärva steg

som trötta spelmän tog

och rosors blod

i ton från sorgens sträng.

Än sjunger vinden vida,

när hösten brinner röd,

din sång om livets villkor,

om kamp för hem och bröd.

Nu porlar den i vårens tid

din fors i milsvid skog!

Nu surrar den av bin

din sommaräng!

Jag anar spår av kärva steg

som trötta spelmän tog

och rosors blod

i ton från sorgens sträng.

The snow fell white in Winter´s woods

where foxes stood on guard,

in silence in the timber-cutters gash

In patient watch you also stood,

as charcoal slowly charred,

composing verse while embers turned to ash.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide.

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

The wild winds sing their sombre tones

when Autumn turns to red.

The song of tribulation,

the fight for daily bread.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide,

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

A wanderer, a minstrel man,

a king, though clad in rags.

A charcoal burner, midst the snow and ice.

The flame you lit still spreads your heat

in stories and in verse

on sunlight in a Summer paradise.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide.

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

The wild winds sing their sombre tones

when Autumn turns to red.

The song of tribulation,

the fight for daily bread.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide,

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

And the snow fell white in winter forest

where the fox was lurking

for the silence in the blue wilderness area.

Here you lingered by the fire of the hut

and dreamed of a spring

and wrote your song and kept at the milan guard.

Now it is bubbling in the spring time

your rapids in miles of forest!

Now it buzzes with bees your summer meadow!

I sense traces of hard steps

which tired fiddlers took

and the blood of roses

in tone from the string of sorrow.

The wind still sings far,

when autumn burns red,

your song about the conditions of life,

about struggle for home and bread.

Now it is bubbling in the spring time

your rapids in miles of forest!

Now it is buzzing with bees

your summer meadow!

I sense traces of hard steps

which tired fiddlers took

and the blood of roses

in tone from the string of sorrow.

You walker, you fiddler,

you king in beggar costume,

you burned in the night filled with cold and ice.

The fire that burned it is still heating,

your fairy tale and your poem

about eternal sun and summer paradise.

Now it is bubbling in the spring time

your rapids in miles of forest!

Now it buzzes with bees your summer meadow!

I sense traces of hard steps

which tired fiddlers took

and the blood of roses

in tone from the string of sorrow.

The wind still sings far,

when autumn burns red,

your song about the conditions of life,

about struggle for home and bread.

Now it is bubbling in the spring time

your rapids in miles of forest!

Now it is buzzing with bees

your summer meadow!

I sense traces of hard steps

which tired fiddlers took

and the blood of roses

in tone from the string of sorrow.

The snow fell white in Winter´s woods

where foxes stood on guard,

in silence in the timber-cutters gash

In patient watch you also stood,

as charcoal slowly charred,

composing verse while embers turned to ash.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide.

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

The wild winds sing their sombre tones

when Autumn turns to red.

The song of tribulation,

the fight for daily bread.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide,

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

A wanderer, a minstrel man,

a king, though clad in rags.

A charcoal burner, midst the snow and ice.

The flame you lit still spreads your heat

in stories and in verses

on sunlight in a Summer paradise.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide.

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.

The wild winds sing their sombre tones

when Autumn turns to red.

The song of tribulation,

the fight for daily bread.

Loud ripples from the river-bed.

The forest stretches wide,

The busy bees are buzzing now it´s Spring.

I sense the sound of heavy tread

as tired fiddlers stride,

and roses bleed in tune with sorrow´s strings.