Текст песни Державин - Властителям и Судиям

To rulers and judges

The Most High God Risen, Judge
Earth gods in their host;
How long, rivers, how long will you be
Spare the unjust and the evil?

Your duty is: to keep the laws,
Do not look at the faces of the strong,
Without help, without defense
Do not leave orphans and widows.

Your duty: to save the innocent from misfortunes,
Unlucky lodge cover;
From the strong to protect the powerless,
To cast out the poor from the shackles.

Do not heed! - they see and do not know!
Covered by tow:
Atrocities shake the earth
False heavens.

Kings! - I imagined you gods are powerful,
Nobody judges you,
But you, like me, are passionate
And as mortal as I am.

And you will fall like this
How a withered leaf will fall from a tree!
And you like die like that
How your last slave will die!

Resurrect God! Good God!
And heed their prayer:
Come judge, punish the crafty
And be one king of the earth!

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