I was going through old photos, searching for inspiration for new posts, and instead found some old memories. I took this photo when traveling from Tampa to Miami. If I am not mistaken, this is Tampa Bay. It was an amazingly peaceful day. One of these rare days when everybody and everything is in harmony. Suddenly I saw this lone sail navigating in calm waters and was happy my camera was right next to me. The photo came out really beautiful and reflected the tranquility we all search for sooner or later.
Now that I am looking at this photo, two years later, a poem came to mind. It belongs to a famous Russian poet - Lermontov. Those who went to school in Russia would know this name, because we had to memorize it at school along with other poems of this classical Russian author. Here it goes, both in Russian and English. Couldn't dream of a better caption to one of my photos!
Михаил Лермонтов
ПАРУС
Белеет парус одинокой
В тумане моря голубом!..
Что ищет он в стране далекой?
Что кинул он в краю родном?..
Играют волны - ветер свищет,
И мачта гнется и скрыпит...
Увы! он счастия не ищет
И не от счастия бежит!
Под ним струя светлей лазури,
Над ним луч солнца золотой...
А он, мятежный, просит бури,
Как будто в бурях есть покой!
SAIL
A lone white sail shows for an instant
Where gleams the sea, an azure streak.
What left it in its homeland distant?
In alien parts what does it seek?
The billow play, the mast bends creaking,
The wind, impatient, moans and sighs...
It is not joy that it is seeking,
Nor is it happiness it flies.
The blue wave dance, they dance and tremble,
The sun's bright ray caress the seas.
And yet for storm it begs, the rebel,
As if in storm lurked calm and peace!..
Translated by I.Zheleznova
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