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Ч​у​ж​е​б​е​с​и​е (Extrinsic Obscurantism)

from П​е​ч​а​л​ь о П​р​о​ш​л​о​м (Sorrow of the Past) by Vspolokh

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Необъятно раскинулась в поле
Вешних трав медвяных гладь.
Я плыл по ней, не ведая недоли,
Что бездну горести мне суждено познать.

Память предков бессмертных
Очернила вера чужая.
Злобных полчищ несметных
Конца не видно и края.

И близок долгий сон в забвеньи,
Близки напрасной крови реки,
Над богами древности глумленье,
Мудрости вышней утрата навеки.

«От мракобесия, блуждания во тьме
Отрекись, безумец, в лоне церквей.
Не имеешь ты писаний святых.
Отвернись же от веры своей».

«Мне ближе подземного мрака
Солнца вечного живящий свет.
Так верно ли отвергнуть предков завет?..»

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English translation:

Extrinsic Obscurantism

Plain of vernal weeds smelling of honey
Spans upon the field vastly.
I swam in it without the feel of bitter fate,
I didn’t know I have to perceive
The abyss of misfortunes and trials.

Remembrance of immortal forefathers
Has been blackened and smeared by alien faith.
There’s no end of countless
And malicious swarms.

The long somnolence in oblivion is close,
The rivers of vain blood are close,
The scoff at gods of antiquity is here,
And this is the loss of higher wisdom for ever.

“Abjure obscurantism and error
While in bosom of church, you’re madman.
You haven’t Holy Writs.
Thus turn away from your faith.”

“Life-giving light of eternal Sun
Is more kindred than the gloom of underground.
So is it true to scorn the legacy of ancestors?..”

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from П​е​ч​а​л​ь о П​р​о​ш​л​о​м (Sorrow of the Past), released December 18, 2010

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