To Urania Poem by Liza Sud

To Urania

Of two celestial Aphrodites
I'll choose Urania,
let paradoxically sound:
But she is - Paschal!

Material children are not born,
She is unmarried,
but how much Light of life in Her,
Light from the starting!

Alexandr Blok tried to choose Her,
and 'To Urania' - the cycle by Brodsky,
among these both divine roads -
She is - more perfect.

With her the poet is not alone,
he is caressed by light.
someone with husband finds life OK,
someone - without.

Tchaikovsky, Pushkin, for example,
who suddenly breaks down -
gets punished for this sin at once,
and back to Her is coming.



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Из двух небесных Афродит
я выберу Уранию,
и пусть парадоксально прозвучит:
она - пасхальная!

Материальных не родит детей,
Она безбрачная,
но сколько Света жизни в ней,
от Безначального!

Ее стремился выбрать Блок,
цикл есть у Бродского 'К Урании',
из двух божественных дорог
Она - прекраснее.

И с ней поэт не одинок,
его ласкает Свет.
кому-то с мужем хорошо,
кому-то - нет.

Чайковский, Пушкин, например,
кто вдруг срывается, -
потом наказаны за грех,
к Ней возвращаются.

Monday, May 2, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: muse
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
By Plato - there are 2 Aphrodites: Aphrodite Pandemos (fertility) and Aphrodite Urania (barren with earthly children, but fertile in images and art) .
and J. Brodsky loved Urania.
And there is a monument to Urania near his house Muruzi in Saint- Petersburg.
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