Строфа 17

Но чаще занимали страсти
More frequent passions kept completely

Умы пустынников моих.
The minds of anchorites of mine.

Ушед от их мятежной власти,
Departed from their power nearly,

Онегин говорил об них
Onegin spoke about in fine

С невольным вздохом сожаленья:
With an unconscious sigh of penance:

Блажен, кто ведал их волненья
Blessed who’s in charge of their disturbance

И наконец от них отстал;
And finally them fell behind;

Блаженней тот, кто их не знал,
More blessed that who did never mind,

Кто охлаждал любовь — разлукой,
Who cooled his love by separation,

Вражду — злословием; порой
His enmity by gossip and

Зевал с друзьями и с женой,
With friends and wife did yawn being sad,

Ревнивой не тревожась мукой,
And not disturbed with bad occasion,

И дедов верный капитал
And a true assets that was fit

Коварной двойке не вверял.
To deuce of cards did not commit.


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