По Эдгар Аллан
«Лирика»

And this maiden she lived with no other thought

Than to love and be loved by me.

_She_ was a child and _I_ was a child,

In this kingdom by the sea,

But we loved with a love that was more than love

I and my Annabel Lee

With a love that the winged seraphs of Heaven

Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,

In this kingdom by the sea,

A wind blew out of a cloud by night

Chilling my Annabel Lee;

So that her highborn kinsmen came

And bore her away from me,

To shut her up, in a sepulchre

In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,

Went envying her and me:

Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,

In this kingdom by the sea)

That the wind came out of the cloud, chilling

And killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love

Of those who were older than we

Of many far wiser than we

And neither the angels in Heaven above

Nor the demons down under the sea

Can ever dissever my soul from the soul

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes

Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side

Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride

In her sepulchre there by the sea

In her tomb by the side of the sea.

(1849)

43. АННАБЕЛЬ-ЛИ

Это было давно, это было давно,

В королевстве приморской земли:

Там жила и цвела та, что звалась всегда,

Называлася Аннабель-Ли,