1. 3. Евгений Онегин Eugene Onegin English transl

Eugene Onegin — An English Verse Recomposition after Alexander Pushkin

Глава I-III
 
Служив отлично благородно,
Долгами жил его отец,
Давал три бала ежегодно
И промотался наконец.

Судьба Евгения хранила:
Сперва Madame за ним ходила,
Потом Monsieur ее сменил.
Ребенок был резов, но мил.

Monsieur l'Abb;, француз убогой,
Чтоб не измучилось дитя,
Учил его всему шутя,
Не докучал моралью строгой,
Слегка за шалости бранил
И в Летний сад гулять водил.
 
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Chapter I-III

His father served with honour well,
Yet lived in debt throughout his life,
Three balls a year he used to give,
And squandered everything at last.

But fate took care of young Eugene:
At first Madame looked after him.
Then Monsieur came to take her place.
The child was lively, but endearing.

Monsieur l'Abbe, a Frenchman poor,
So as not to exhaust the child,
Taught everything to him in play,
And spared him sermons stern and grave.
Would mildly scold him for his pranks,
And take him walking in the Summer Garden.