Охота на Единорога

Ина Близнецова

«Охота на Единорога» – волшебные семь гобеленов в галерее музея европейской средневековой архитектуры и искусств Cloisters, в парке Fort Tryon на севере Манхэттена – одна из самых удивительных и значимых работ сохранившихся от позднего Средневековья. Эта книжка – стихи о них.«Unicorn Tapestries» are seven magical tapestries hanging in the gallery of the museum of medieval architecture and arts, The Cloisters, in Fort Tryon park in the northern part of Manhattan. These are verses about them.

The unicorn dips his horn in the stream

Does not the heart then know its time,

when even twigs underfoot creak awry?

But the tip of his single horn senses

transparency of poison within that of the stream.

The spotted panther, these majestic lions

(and viper’s done the deed and stole away)…

Nay, the voice of his fear ─ Survive! ─

cannot transcend his very nature ─ Save!

The hunters encircled him warily,

but who pursues a beast that doesn’t run?

The moment is stopped, the chase ─ impossible.

He alone can set it in motion.