The Dream - Aleksandr Pushkin

Not long ago, in a charming dream,
I saw myself -- a king with crown's treasure;
I was in love with you, it seemed,
And heart was beating with a pleasure.
I sang my passion's song by your enchanting knees.
Why, dreams, you didn't prolong my happiness forever?
But gods deprived me not of whole their favor:
I only lost the kingdom of my dreams.

Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, January, 2000

Aleksandr Pushkin [Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин](b. June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799 in Moscow, Russian Empire; d. February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837, in S. Petersburg)