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Зигфрид Сэссун

Верность долгу

Король, я помню, на бумаги бросил взгляд —
И, пробежав генштабовский доклад,
Нахмурился, негромко стал читать:
«Мы продолжали их атаковать,

Но затруднялись закрепить успех.
Он, дважды раненный, опять поднял солдат
На новый приступ, под снарядов град,
Примером воодушевляя всех».

Он тронул бороду и смолк, казалось — спит...
«К Вирсавии послать, сказать: убит.
Нет, сам я сообщу, как близкий друг,
Сколь доблестно погиб ее супруг».


Зигфрид Сэссун (1886–1967), из книги "Кинохроника" 1920


Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967)
from "Picture-Show", 1920


Devotion to Duty


I WAS near the King that day. I saw him snatch
And briskly scan the G.H.Q. dispatch.
Thick-voiced, he read it out. (His face was grave.)
‘This officer advanced with the first wave,

‘And when our first objective had been gained,
‘(Though wounded twice), reorganized the line:
‘The spirit of the troops was by his fine
‘Example most effectively sustained.’

He gripped his beard; then closed his eyes and said,
‘Bathsheba must be warned that he is dead.
‘Send for her. I will be the first to tell
‘This wife how her heroic husband fell.’

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