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Pushkin — Ruslan and Lyudmila, Canto Six
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Pushkin — Ruslan and Lyudmila, Canto Six
Ruslan lies dead in the empty field, his blood still, a raven circling — and Farlaf, guided by Naina, rides for Kiev with the sleeping Lyudmila and a fine, lying tale of rescue. But the Finn crosses the steppe with two pitchers — the water of death and the water of life — and a magic ring; and as the Pechenegs close around Kiev's walls, the hero rises. One dawn of battle, one touch of the ring upon a sleeping brow, a traitor's confession, a disarmed dwarf at court — and then the poet himself steps forward, in the Epilogue, to take leave of his tale, his youth, and his reader.
Ruslan and Lyudmila (Руслан и Людмила), Canto Six — by Alexander Pushkin, in a new English verse translation made for this show, read aloud over a gentle instrumental bed. The poem's epilogue closes the episode — and the poem.
Pushkin.
Intermission: "upload-12" — instrumental.
KacheliTV — Russian classics, read aloud.