Two Hussars: Bilingual Edition (English – Russian)
By Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian author of novels, short stories, novellas, plays, and philosophical essays. He was born into an aristocratic family and served as an officer in the Russian military during the Crimean War before embarking on a career as a writer and activist. Tolstoy’s experience in war, combined with his interpretation of the teachings of Jesus, led him to devote his life and work to the cause of pacifism. In addition to such fictional works as War and Peace (1869), Anna Karenina (1877), and The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886), Tolstoy wrote The Kingdom of God is Within You (1893), a philosophical treatise on nonviolent resistance which had a profound impact on Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He is regarded today not only as one of the greatest writers of all time, but as a gifted and passionate political figure and public intellectual whose work transcends Russian history and literature alike.
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Two Hussars - Leo Tolstoy
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Early in the nineteenth century, when there were as yet no railways or macadamized roads, no gaslight, no stearine candles, no low couches with sprung cushions, no unvarnished furniture, no disillusioned youths with eye glasses, no liberalizing women philosophers, nor any charming dames aux camelias of whom there are so many in our times, in those naive days, when leaving Moscow for Petersburg in a coach or carriage provided with a kitchenful of home-made provisions one traveled for eight days along a soft, dusty or muddy road and believed in chopped cutlets, sledge-bells, and plain rolls; when in the long autumn evenings the tallow candles, around which family groups of twenty or thirty people gathered, had to be snuffed; when ball-rooms were illuminated by candelabra with wax or spermaceti candles, when furniture was arranged symmetrically, when our fathers were still young and proved it not only by the absence of wrinkles and grey hair but by fighting duels for the sake of a woman and rushing from the opposite corner of a room
В 1800-х годах, в те времена, когда не было еще ни железных, ни шоссейных дорог, ни газового, ни стеаринового света, ни пружинных низких диванов, ни мебели без лаку, ни разочарованных юношей со стеклышками, ни либеральных философов-женщин, ни милых дам-камелий, которых так много развелось в наше время, — в те наивные времена, когда из Москвы, выезжая в Петербург в повозке или карете, брали с собой целую кухню домашнего приготовления, ехали восемь суток по мягкой пыльной или грязной дороге и верили в пожарские котлеты, в валдайские колокольчики и бублики, — когда в длинные осенние вечера нагорали сальные свечи, освещая семейные кружки из двадцати и тридцати человек, на балах в канделябры вставлялись восковые и спермацетовые свечи, когда мебель ставили симметрично, когда наши отцы были еще молоды не одним отсутствием морщин и седых волос, а стрелялись за женщин и из другого угла комнаты
to pick up a bit of handkerchief purposely or accidentally dropped; when our mothers wore short-waisted dresses and enormous sleeves and decided family affairs by drawing lots, when the charming dames aux camelias hid from the light of day - in those naïve days of Masonic lodges, Martinists, and Tugenbunds, the days of Miloradoviches and Davydovs and Pushkins - a meeting of landed proprietors was held in the Government town of K--, and the nobility elections were being concluded.
бросались поднимать нечаянно и не нечаянно уроненные платочки, наши матери носили коротенькие талии и огромные рукава и решали семейные дела выниманием билетиков; когда прелестные дамы-камелии прятались от дневного света, — в наивные времена масонских лож, мартинистов, тугендбунда, во времена Милорадовичей, Давыдовых, Пушкиных, — в губернском городе К. был съезд помещиков и кончались дворянские выборы.
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Well, never mind, the saloon will do,
said a young officer in a fur cloak and hussar's cap, who had just got out of a post-sledge and was entering the best hotel in the town of K--.
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— Ну, все равно, хоть в залу, — говорил молодой офицер в шубе и гусарской фуражке, только что из дорожных саней, входя в лучшую гостиницу города К.
The assembly, your Excellency, is enormous,
said the boots, who had already managed to learn from the orderly that the hussar's name was Count Turbin, and therefore addressed him as your Excellency.
The proprietress of Afremovo with her daughters has said she is leaving this evening, so No. 11 will be at your disposal as soon as they go,
continued the boots, stepping softly before the count along the passage and continually looking round.
— Съезд такой, батюшка ваше сиятельство, огромный, — говорил коридорный, успевший уже от денщика узнать, что фамилия гусара была граф Турбин, и поэтому величавший его «ваше сиятельство». — Афремовская помещица с дочерьми обещались к вечеру выехать; так вот и изволите занять, как опростается, одиннадцатый номер, — говорил он, мягко ступая впереди графа по коридору и беспрестанно оглядываясь.
In the general saloon at a little table under the dingy full-length portrait of the Emperor Alexander the First, several men, probably belonging to the local nobility, sat drinking champagne, while at another side of the room sat some travelers - tradesmen in blue, fur- lined cloaks.
В общей зале перед маленьким столом, подле почерневшего, во весь рост, портрета императора Александра, сидели за шампанским несколько человек — здешних дворян, должно быть, и в сторонке какие-то купцы, проезжающие, в синих шубах.
Entering the room and calling in Blucher, a gigantic grey mastiff he had brought with him, the count threw off his cloak, the collar of which was still covered with hoar-frost, called for vodka, sat down at the table in his blue-satin Cossack jacket, and entered into conversation with the gentlemen there.
The handsome open countenance of the newcomer immediately predisposed them in his favour and they offered him a glass of champagne.
Войдя в комнату и зазвав туда Блюхера, огромную серую меделянскую собаку, приехавшую с ним, граф сбросил заиндевевшую еще на воротнике шинель, спросил водки и, оставшись в атласном синем архалуке, подсел к столу и вступил в разговор с господами, сидевшими тут, которые, сейчас же расположенные в пользу приезжего его прекрасной и открытой наружностью, предложили ему бокал шампанского.
The count first drank a glass of vodka and then ordered another bottle of champagne to treat his new acquaintances.
Граф выпил сначала стаканчик водки, а потом тоже спросил бутылку, чтоб угостить новых знакомых.
The sledge-driver came in to ask for a tip.
Sashka!
shouted the count. Give him something!
Вошел ямщик просить на водку.
— Сашка, — крикнул граф, — дай ему!
The driver went out with Sashka but came back again with the money in his hand.
Look here, y'r 'xcelence, haven't I done my very best for y'r honour? Didn't you promise me half a ruble, and he's only given me a quarter!
Ямщик вышел с Сашкой и снова вернулся, держа в руке деньги.
— Что ж, батюшка васясо, как, кажется, старался твоей милости! полтинник обещал, а они четвертак пожаловали.
Give him a ruble, Sashka.
Sashka cast down his eyes and looked at the driver's feet.
He's had enough!
he said, in a bass voice. And besides, I have no more money.
The count drew from his pocket-book the two five-ruble notes which were all it contained and gave one of them to the driver, who kissed his hand and went off.
I've run it pretty close!
said the count. These are my last five rubles.
— Сашка! дай ему целковый!
Сашка, потупясь, посмотрел на ноги ямщика.
— Будет с него, — сказал он басом, — да у меня и денег нет больше.
Граф достал из бумажника единственные две синенькие, которые были в нем, и дал одну ямщику, который поцеловал его в ручку и вышел.
— Вот пригнал! — сказал граф, — последние пять рублей.
Real hussar fashion, Count,
said one of the nobles who from his moustache, voice, and a certain energetic freedom about his legs, was evidently a retired cavalryman. Are you staying here some time, Count?
"I must get some money. I shouldn't have stayed here at all but for that.
— По-гусарски, граф, — улыбаясь, сказал один из дворян, по усам, голосу и какой-то энергической развязности в ногах, очевидно, отставной кавалерист. — Вы здесь долго намерены пробыть, граф?
— Денег достать нужно; а то бы я не остался.
And there are no rooms to be had, devil take them, in this accursed pub."
Permit me, Count,
said the cavalryman. "Will you not join me? My room in No. 7...
Да и номеров нет. Черт их дери, в этом кабаке проклятом...
— Позвольте, граф, — возразил кавалерист, — да не угодно ли ко мне? я вот здесь, в седьмом номере.
If you do not mind just for the night. And then you'll stay a couple of days with us? It happens that the -Marechal de la Noblesse- is giving a ball tonight. You would make him very happy by going."
Yes, Count, do stay,
said another, a handsome young man. You have surely no reason to hurry away! You know this only comes once in three years - the elections, I mean. You should at least have a look at our young ladies, Count!
Коли не побрезгуете покамест прокочевать. А вы пробудьте у нас денька три. Нынче же бал у предводителя. Как бы он рад был!
— Право, граф, погостите, — подхватил другой из собеседников, красивый молодой человек, — куда вам торопиться! А ведь это в три года раз бывает — выборы. Посмотрели бы хоть на наших барышень, граф?
Sashka, get my clean linen ready. I am going to the bath,
said the count, rising, and from there perhaps I may look in at the Marshal's.
Then, having called the waiter and whispered something to him to which the latter replied with a smile, That can all be arranged,
he went out.
So I'll order my trunk to be taken to your room, old fellow,
shouted the count from the passage.
Please do, I shall be most happy,
replied the cavalryman, running to the door. No. 7 - don't forget.
— Сашка! давай белье: поеду в баню, — сказал граф, вставая. — А оттуда, посмотрим, может, и в самом деле к предводителю дернуть.
Потом он позвал полового, поговорил о чем-то с ним, на что половой, усмехнувшись, ответил, «что все дело рук человеческих», и вышел.
— Так я, батюшка, к вам в номер велю перенести чемодан, — крикнул граф из-за двери.
— Сделайте одолжение, осчастливите, — отвечал кавалерист, подбегая к двери. — Седьмой номер! не забудьте.
When the count's footsteps could no longer be heard the cavalryman returned to his place and sitting close to one of the group - a government official - and looking him straight in the face with smiling eyes, said: It is the very man, you know!
No!
"I tell you it is! It is the very same duellist hussar - the famous Turbin. He knew me - I bet you anything he knew me. Why, he and I went on the spree for three weeks without a break when I was at Lebedyani for remounts.
Когда шаги его уже перестали быть слышны, кавалерист вернулся на свое место и, подсев ближе к чиновнику и взглянув ему прямо улыбающимися глазами в лицо, сказал:
— А ведь это тот самый.
— Ну?
— Уж я тебе говорю, что тот самый дуэлист-гусар, — ну, Турбин, известный. Он меня узнал, пари держу, что узнал. Как же, мы в Лебедяни с ним кутили вместе три недели без просыпу, когда я за ремонтом был.
There was one thing he and I did together.... He's a fine fellow, eh? "
A splendid fellow. And so pleasant in his manner! Doesn't show a grain of - what d'you call it?
answered the handsome young man. "How quickly we became intimate....
Там одна штука была — мы вместе сотворили, — от этого он как будто ничего. А молодчина, а?
— Молодец. И какой он приятный в обращении! ничего так не заметно, — отвечал красивый молодой человек, — как мы скоро сошлись...
He's not more than twenty-five, is he? "
Oh no, that's what he looks but he is more than that. One has to get to know him, you know. Who abducted Migunova? He. It was he who killed Sablin. It was he who dropped Matnev out of the window by his legs. It was he who won three hundred thousand rubles from Prince Nestorov. He is a regular dare-devil, you know: a gambler, a duellist, a seducer, but a jewel of an hussar - a real jewel. The rumors that are afloat about us are nothing to the reality - if anyone knew what a true hussar is! Ah yes, those were times!
Что, ему лет двадцать пять, не больше?
— Нет, оно так кажется; только ему больше. Да ведь надо знать, кто это? Мигунову кто увез? — он. Саблина он убил, Матнева он из окошка за ноги спустил, князя Нестерова он обыграл на триста тысяч. Ведь это какая отчаянная башка, надо знать! Картежник, дуэлист, соблазнитель; но гусар — душа, уж истинно душа. Ведь только на нас слава, а коли бы понимал кто-нибудь, что́ такое значит гусар истинный. Ах, времечко было!
And the cavalryman told his interlocutor of such a spree with the count in Lebedyani as not only never had, but never even could have, taken place.
It could not have done so, first because he had never seen the count till that day and had left the