Alexander Pushkin “Deliver me, my talisman…”
Channel: Miklouho-Maclay Foundation
Date: 2021-01-31

Alexander Pushkin “Deliver me, my talisman…”
The video clip length - 02:21.
Created: August 1824 - the first half of 1825.
English translation by Julian Henry Lowenfeld.
Recitation:  Daria Donova 
The hero of the poem sings the talisman to which he addresses in peace and anxiety. It was presented to him by his beloved woman. Only the talisman is able to save the hero from all adversity.
MY TALISMAN
Deliver me, my talisman.
Deliver me from fear and fleeing,
Days of remorse and worry healing:
On a sad day you clasped my hand.

When rising by the ocean strand
The waves around me crash in pounding,
And when with lightning clouds are sounding,
Deliver me, my talisman.

Lost in seclusion, in strange lands,
In boredom’s lull my bosom taming,
In the alarm of battle flaming,
Deliver me, my talisman.

You are my soul’s own magic lamp,
You sweet and sacred trickery,
When you drop down, are flickering!
Deliver me, my talisman.

Wounds of the heart help me withstand
Forever; bad memories burn with fire!
Farewell, fond Hope; and sleep, Desire;
Deliver me, my talisman.

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