Sometimes he was still in bed:
They bring notes to him.
What? Invitations? In fact,
Three houses for the evening call:
There will be a ball there children's party.
Where will my prankster ride?
Who will he start with? Doesn't matter:
It’s no wonder it’s easy to keep up with everything.
While in morning dress,
Putting on a wide bolivar, 3
Onegin goes to the boulevard
And there he walks in the open space,
Bye vigilant breget
Dinner won't ring his bell.
INTERESTING FROM NABOKOV:
“There will be a ball, there will be a children's party. – “There” does not necessarily refer to one of the three houses designated in the previous verse. Then two more invitations are added, for a total of five, which shows the correct understanding.”
“...the boulevard... - consisted of several rows of anemic rows of linden trees and stretched along the middle of Nevsky Prospekt”
And Nabokov also flogged the French translator of “Onegin” for accusing Pushkin of bad taste (in Paris, instead of “breguet” they simply say “hours”) - Nabokov points out to the “fastidious translator” his own blunder: in chapter 2 he says: “Lensky , with a soul straight from GOETHE”
FUNNY THINGS IN BRODSKY:
So we finally got to the famous Bolivar hat. In the preface to Nabokov's comments, an eyewitness account is given: “... our happy school years, when Brodsky was in great demand among students, and the example of “Bolivar” wandered from one school essay to another." Well, here's the original source:
“Onegin’s liberalism is emphasized by this detail in his outfit: a hat (with large brims, a flared top hat) in honor of the leader of the national liberation movement in South America, Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) was fashionable in the environment that followed political events, which I sympathized with the struggle for independence of a small people.”
And one more thing:
“A hat a la Bolivar meant more than just a headdress - it indicated certain social sentiments of its owner, and received, in a certain sense, the same character that the liberalists of that time gave to the Phrygian cap of the patriots of the French Revolution.”
(Nabokov compared this theory to the idea that American women wear the “granny” headscarf out of deep sympathy for the USSR)
Goodbye to the strange hat, which, thanks to Brodsky, became the Budenovka of the 19th century and the mother of all figs in your pocket... It’s not your fault - you just looked so stupid that stupid names stuck to it, and stupid interpretations to them. Goodbye forever!
LOTMAN:
“Wearing a wide bolivar... - Italics and the familiar-metonymic replacement of the hat with the name of the politician who glorified it indicate Pushkin’s conscious use of jargon from the dialect of dandies.”
“It used to be that he was still in bed... - The dandy’s daily routine is shifted in relation to the average norms of social pastime. Onegin's day begins later than usual (“he will wake up at noon”). Compare: “In high society the day began quite early: we got up at 10 o’clock, lunch usually took place at 4-5 o’clock.”
(The fact that the hero used the watch like some vulgar business man there is a sign that) :
“Onegin’s behavior in many ways does not coincide with the norms of dandyism, deviating towards the traditional behavior of the Russian dandy-petimeter.”
And one more thing, very important:
“The military career seemed so natural for a nobleman that the absence of this feature in the biography had to have some special explanation: illness or physical disability, stinginess of parents... Against such a background, Onegin’s biography acquired a demonstrative shade that eludes the attention of the modern reader... But then, the fact that he never served anywhere at all, did not have any, even the lowest rank, decisively made Onegin a black sheep among his contemporaries... Both in the capital and on the postal route, he had to let people with ranks pass ahead.”
Onegin’s unusual idleness and indifference to his career in bureaucratic St. Petersburg involuntarily evokes in us the warm feelings that modern Russia The son of some mayor would call, not stealing with his dad, but simply living off the stolen goods. Romanticism at its most extreme.
MORE OPINIONS:
Writes _zhirafa
I don’t want to analyze it line by line, although there is something. The tradition of invitations to evenings, “Wednesdays,” balls and receptions of secular young people, “notes,” and the etiquette associated with this is the topic of separate research. What remains of these traditions today? Whether we have etiquette for communicating with “guests” is also interesting.
Bolivar, Boulevard, Breguet - everything so “glamorous” foreign is not accidental, because Pushkin tries to avoid it.
But the main thing I think about in connection with this stanza is: what a boring way of life for young man! Everything is in order. No aspirations, passions, affairs, hobbies, connections... Suitable for a careerist, Molchalin of some kind. But O. does not strive to acquire business or romantic connections. However, there is, of course, something respectable and relaxing about it. A walk on the boulevard...
I'd be tired of it within a week.
MY INSINUATIONS:
How beautifully this stanza conveys the archetypal features of Russian “dynamism”! It would seem that Onegin is a lively creature? But take a closer look:
He is lying down - they are carrying him.
He is dozing - his name is.
He is walking - he is ringing.
And this is the elite! (The guy is just sleeping soundly, there’s no talk of him). A real pseudomorphosis of the pre-Petrine Russian nobility - and that’s what they all are: before Brezhnev and Putin, they abandoned communism halfway, and democracy too. So it’s no wonder to visit five places, all the -isms, where you won’t be invited.
And, compare, “Russian intellectual” according to Rozanov:
“If there is a hammock, then it WILL LIE.
If there is a book, he WILL READ IT
Lunch - he EATS
And if a hardworking midwife rents an apartment, then he WILL move in.
Well, and other functions."
In 1775, watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet opened his first workshop on the Quai de l'Horloge in Paris. Abaraham-Louis inherited his interest in his business from his stepfather, a watchmaker, for whom he worked as an apprentice. At the age of 15, he came from Switzerland to Paris, with which most of the history of the brand is connected. Breguet
One of Breguet's first inventions was the "perpetual" - that is, automatic watches, which he first sold in 1780. He equipped his pocket watch with a platinum rotor, which rotated under the influence of the movement of the watch, driving the clock mechanism. Thus, the watch no longer required additional winding using a key.
Breguet automatic watch 1/8/82
At the end of the 18th century, pocket watches could not boast of high accuracy: under the influence of gravitational forces, the clock either slowed down or accelerated. The first who managed to solve this problem was Breguet. In 1801, the watchmaker received a patent for his most famous invention - the tourbillon. The essence of it was that Breguet installed a movable platform in the watch with an escapement mechanism, which, rotating at a given point in time, helped to level out the movement error. Many watch manufacturers successfully use the tourbillon to this day.
Watercolor illustration for the Tourbillon patent. 1801.
Breguet made another revolution in watchmaking in 1812, creating the first wrist watch. By order of the Queen of Naples, Caroline Murat, the younger sister of Napoleon Bonaparte, Breguet created an ultra-thin watch with a thermometer for that time and placed it on a bracelet made of gold threads. Unfortunately, the unique watch has not survived, and the only reminder of it is records in the archives of the house Breguet.
Caroline Bonaparte with her daughter Marie Vigée-Lebrun, 1807
Abraham-Louis Breguet's famous clients included Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte and Ottoman Sultan Selim the Third.
The creations of the famous watchmaker were especially popular in Russian Empire. In 1808 Breguet opened its representative office in Russia, in St. Petersburg
- “Russian House”, and in 1814 Emperor Alexander the First himself came to Breguet’s Paris workshop. The emperor purchased a watch for himself and left an order for eight “pedometers” - metronomes for regulating marching time.
Emperor Alexander the First. 1814
Fame of the brand's watches Breguet in Russia was so big that For a long time, any pocket watch was called a Breguet. In “Eugene Onegin” the name breget appears three times, and everyone remembers the line from the first chapter of the novel “Until the watchful breget rings for him dinner” from school.
Workshops in Breguet's native Switzerland Breguet moved only in 1976. Since then, all production of the brand's watches has been based in the Vallée de Joux near Geneva. Products Breguet become a symbol of Swiss watchmaking. 
IN once again house Breguet announced himself in 1998. Just as at the beginning of the 19th century Breguet managed to create a wristwatch to surprise Caroline Murat, at the end of the 20th century the masters Breguet has created the smallest automatic chronograph movement in the world for women.
The inventions of Breguet alone are enough for an entire museum, and the brand successfully developed even after the death of its creator, receiving new patents year after year. Therefore Breguet today three permanent museum: in Paris, in Zurich and Shanghai.
While reading famous novel in the poems sometimes one gets the feeling that Pushkin praises some, as we would say today, brands too much. Were the brands he mentioned really worthy of praise? What is hidden behind their mention in the novel?
HAT "BOLIVAR"
Putting on a wide bolivar,
Onegin goes to the boulevard.
Black cylinder with wide brim- this is what the most fashionable headdress of that time looked like. In the famous author’s drawing for the novel “Pushkin and Onegin on the Banks of the Neva,” the characters are wearing bolivars.
1) A.S. Pushkin, self-portrait with Onegin on the Neva embankment, 1824
2) Self-portrait of A. S. Pushkin in the margins of the draft manuscript of Chapter V of Eugene Onegin
3) Illustration from the French fashion magazine Journal des dames et des modes (1809)
In the 19th century, hats were often named after public figures, and with the help of hats people could express their political sympathies. In 1821-1823, when the poet began work on the novel, the most popular were the cylinders named after General Simon Bolivar, a national hero South America, leader of the struggle for independence from Spain. At that time, he was just liberating Peru, and in 1825 he became the head of the Republic of Bolivia, later named in his honor.
John James Chalon. Fashion store in Paris
His supporters wore the wide-brimmed hats that made their way into European fashion in the 1810s. The fields of bolivars, as the everyday writer Mikhail Pylyaev mentions, were so wide that sometimes it was impossible to pass through the narrow door. However, already in 1825, a Moscow fashion magazine indicated that bolivars were losing popularity. So the author dressed Onegin exactly according to the fashion of the early 1820s. And, in addition, he hinted at his political sympathies.
WATCH "BREGUETTE"
And there he walks in the open space,
While the watchful Breget
Dinner won't ring his bell.
The dandy Onegin did not need to take his watch out of his pocket to look at the dial - he just had to put his hand inside, press the spring, and the watch would ring the time. This feature of repeater watches (as they said then, “with rehearsal”), in particular those produced by Breguet, made them almost synonymous with alarm clocks. Pushkin mentions the Breguet several times in the text - either before dinner he says that “our stomach is faithful to the Breguet,” then before the performance he points out that “the ringing of the Breguet tells them that a new ballet has begun.”
Breguet pocket watch, before 1829
Breguet pocket watch, before 1806
The Breguet brand still exists today and is one of the oldest in the world. Watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in Switzerland, but as a teenager he moved to Paris, where he opened his first shop in 1775. Many of the technologies developed by him and his heirs are still in use today. Thus, in 1801, Breguet received a patent for the invention of the tourbillon - a special mechanism that compensated for the effect of gravity on the accuracy of watches. “Breguettes” were famous not only for their accuracy, but also for the fact that they did not make identical models. The buyer could be sure that no one else had the exact same watch as his.
A.L. Breguet. Drawing from a working album. 18th century
Breguet began to develop the Russian market in 1801, and already in 1808 a representative office of the fashion company was opened in St. Petersburg. Among the fans of the brand were the princes Golitsyn, Gagarin, Yusupov, and even Emperor Alexander I. It is not surprising that Onegin wears “breguet” in the front right pocket of his trousers (which were then called “pantaloons”).
Breguet's workshops on the Quai de l'Horloge on the Ile de la Cité in Paris (after 1775).
Breguet. Drawing. Official Breguet website.
It is curious that although buyers of Breguet products, of course, knew the correct pronunciation French surname, however, his company entered the Russian language in a literal reading - with the letter “t” at the end. Besides, it’s more convenient to rhyme this way.
RESTAURANT TALON
He rushed to Talon: he is sure
What is Kaverin waiting for him there?
Pushkin not only sends his hero to dine at Talon’s, he, in addition, puts a footnote to his surname with the text “Famous restaurateur” so that the reader is sure to pay attention to this surname. Perhaps Talon gave the poet a discount for this?
Gourmets at the table, or the Gastronomic Union. Caricature beginning 19th century. France
After all, Pushkin could have sent Onegin, for example, to Mr. Andrieu’s establishment at 15 Malaya Morskaya, where, according to Thaddeus Bulgarin, officials and ministers “had lunch.” Pushkin himself visited this restaurant several times, and it was there that he met Dantes.
However, the poet chose another fashionable place for Onegin, Pierre Talon’s restaurant on Nevsky Prospekt, where, according to the same Bulgarin, it was possible to “fully satisfy your gastronomic needs.” And indeed, Pushkin gives a whole list of this restaurant’s signature dishes - roast-beef, truffles, Strasbourg pate pie, cheese, pineapple, champagne.
Nevsky 15, Chicherin's house, on a lithograph by I.A. Ivanov based on a drawing by V.S. Sadovnikov, ca. 1830.
The restaurant occupied Kosikovsky's house near the Police Bridge (Nevsky Prospekt, 15). Onegin “rushes” there: indeed, it was worth the haste, because at the beginning of 1825 Talon advertised in the newspapers that he was returning to France. True, immediately after his departure, another French restaurant opened in the premises - Feuillet. Pushkin visited there too.
"LEPAGE" PISTOLS
We rushed over. He tells the servant
Lepage fatal trunks
Carry him...
And here again Pushkin puts a separate note on the Lepage stamp, which reads: “Glorious gunsmith.” A coincidence?.. Especially when you consider that the poet definitely had pistols “from Lepage” - it was with them that he shot with Dantes, armed with German pistols by Karl Ulbrich. It is believed that this pair from Lepage was made for Pushkin on his order shortly before his death.
Lepage pistols, owned by A.S. Pushkin. Museum A.S. Pushkin
Master Lepage was truly “glorious.” The Le Page rifle company (later Fauré Le Page) was founded in Paris back in 1717, and remained in the hands of the same family for almost two hundred years - until 1913. The founder of the company was named Louis Pigny, but he bequeathed the business to his niece's husband Pierre Lepage, and it was under this name that the brand became famous throughout Europe. The skill of Pierre Lepage and his assistants attracted many clients, including from the highest strata of society - they supplied weapons to both the French king Louis XV and the famous commander Moritz of Saxony.
Lepage pistols that belonged to Napoleon's son. Sotheby's
Pushkin is already talking about his contemporary Jean Lepage (Pierre's nephew). At first he was going to become a chemist, but then, when it became clear that his uncle would not have another heir, he took up the gun business. And so successfully that it was he who ordered weapons in turn from those who succeeded each other at the helm of power: Louis XVI, Napoleon (first consul, then emperor), Louis XVIII. Even during the Great French Revolution Lepage could not do without it - during the storming of the Bastille, his weapons were distributed to the people - as well as during the July Revolution of 1830.
Adam Victor. Distributing weapons to people near Lepage's store during the July Revolution of 1830
Although the company, which produced very high-quality, innovative and at the same time luxurious weapons, will continue to develop successfully even after the death of Jean Lepage, it is his name that is most often found on museum plaques and mentioned in literature. In a word, the fact that Lensky chooses this weapon for a duel is not surprising.
How early could he be a hypocrite?
To harbor hope, to be jealous,
To dissuade, to make believe,
Seem gloomy, languish,
Be proud and obedient
Attentive or indifferent!
How languidly silent he was,
How fieryly eloquent
How careless in heartfelt letters!
Breathing alone, loving alone,
How he knew how to forget himself!
How quick and gentle his gaze was,
Shy and impudent, and sometimes
Shined with an obedient tear!
How he knew how to seem new,
Jokingly amaze innocence,
To frighten with despair,
To amuse with pleasant flattery,
Catch a moment of tenderness,
Innocent years of prejudice
Win with intelligence and passion,
Expect involuntary affection
Beg and demand recognition
Listen to the first sound of the heart,
Pursue love, and suddenly
Achieve a secret date...
And then she's alone
Give lessons in silence!
How early could he have disturbed
Hearts of coquettes!
When did you want to destroy
He has his rivals,
How he sarcastically slandered!
What networks I prepared for them!
But you, blessed men,
You stayed with him as friends:
The wicked husband caressed him,
Foblas is a long-time student,
And the distrustful old man
And the majestic cuckold,
Always happy with yourself
With your lunch and your wife.
Well, as a matter of fact, you and I read a whole passage that best characterized what exactly Evgeniy did in his life. He did not serve, was not a military man, and did not manage a large household. He simply had nothing special to do, and therefore he decided to use part of his young life in amorous adventures. We remember that “the world decided that he was smart and very nice.” And this position was clearer to Pushkin than anyone else. In addition to literature, he himself had two great passions in life - cards and women.
Eugene's Don Juan list is not entirely clear. It is clear that it contains both married matrons and young, and possibly innocent girls (“And then give her lessons alone in silence!” since there were lessons, that means there was something to teach :-)). No matter what anyone says, the time was not entirely puritanical, and innocence was not valued too highly among the capital’s and Moscow’s youth.
If you are interested in quantity, then in modern times it should not be impressive. If you focus on the author, then he has a so-called Don Juan list (more precisely, even 2). Well, when I studied it, I can say that there are 37 names, but he had sex with a maximum of 15 of them, and even then I have doubts. And this is for my entire life. Evgeniy is only 26, and I think his love list (if he kept one) would hardly exceed ten :-)
The common surname Foblas (Foblaz) is fictitious. More precisely, that was the name of the hero French novel“The Adventures of the Cavalier Faublaz” by Jean Baptiste Louvet de Couvray, written at the end of the 18th century. Phoblaz is a handsome and resourceful, elegant and depraved young man who finds delight in sexual adventures. This is where the expression came from - Foblas morals.
Further, it’s more interesting, because the author reveals, one might say, the daily routine of our hero :-)
Let's see:
Sometimes he was still in bed:
They bring notes to him.
What? Invitations? In fact,
Three houses for the evening call:
There will be a ball, there will be a children's party.
Where will my prankster ride?
Who will he start with? Doesn't matter:
It’s no wonder it’s easy to keep up with everything.
While in morning dress,
Wearing a wide bolivar
Onegin goes to the boulevard
And there he walks in the open space,
While the watchful Breget
Dinner won't ring his bell.
In other words, he got up late (because he didn’t go to bed early either), around 1 p.m. they brought him invitations to various events so that he can choose. Usually all this happened in the evening, and until the evening he had to occupy himself with something. That's why he went for a walk. By the way, unlike Pavlovsk times, in St. Petersburg in those years they had lunch at 5-6 o’clock in the afternoon. So he had a lot of time to walk. Under the boulevard in in this case means Nevsky Prospekt
Bolivar is a headdress that was extremely, extremely popular in those years. And Evgeniy, as a man of good taste, could not skimp on its absence from his wardrobe :-). Bolivar was a wide-brimmed top hat, and was named after the South American hero Simon José Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolivar de la Concepción y Ponte Palacios y Blanco or simply Simon Bolivar, after whom, by the way, a country like Bolivia is named and a lot more. 
And finally, a Breguet is a watch made by the company of one of the greatest watchmakers in the world, the creator of the tourbillon, Abraham-Louis Breguet. He founded the Breguet company in France, which continues to thrive to this day. By the way, I recently provided a short video about their new products. You can watch it here: . In 1808, a representative office of the “Russian House of Breguet” was opened in St. Petersburg, and among the Russian nobility, and especially among fashionable youth, it was considered the rule good manners have a watch of this brand. And the fact that the watches “ringed” indicated that they were a time repeater, which means they were far from the cheapest model :-)
But let's move on.
It’s already dark: he gets into the sled.
“Fall, fall!” - there was a cry;
Silvery with frosty dust
His beaver collar.
He rushed to Talon: he is sure
What is Kaverin waiting for him there?
Entered: and there was a cork in the ceiling,
The comet's fault flowed with current;
Before him roast-beef is bloody,
And truffles, the luxury of youth,
French cuisine has the best color,
And Strasbourg's pie is imperishable
Between live Limburg cheese
And a golden pineapple.
In St. Petersburg it gets dark early in winter, and a beaver collar always comes in handy. Especially when you're walking :-) Restaurant Talon is one of the most popular and cool places of that era. Expensive. It existed until the spring of 1825 and was located at 15 Nevsky Prospekt.
The cork in the ceiling is probably real champagne. After the Liberation Campaign and quartering in Paris, the Russian military instilled a passion for Veuve Clicquot, so I think this is the variety here. The year of the comet is 1812, so we can say that the sparkling drink was aged, and as a result, not cheap.
Traditionally, the chef originated from France, but judging by the dishes, he was not afraid to experiment. In any case, British roast beef - fried beef with blood, was the latest in culinary fashion. In Paris they did not recognize this and stood for the purity of French cuisine, while in St. Petersburg they tried to keep abreast of fashion trends. Truffles (either black or white) have always been expensive, which Evgeniy is a little sad about. He is not a poor man, but compared to his childhood, when his father had not yet squandered himself, he must sometimes limit himself. Don't eat truffles every day :-)
Next is pineapple (this is understandable), Limburg cheese and a certain imperishable pie from Strasbourg. The last one is the pate. And it’s incorruptible, apparently because it’s from a can. That is, not locally produced, but arrived from Alsace itself. Limburger cheese is a Belgian soft cheese with white mold. cow's milk, which is why they called him alive. The closest brother of the well-known Camembert and Brie to all of you.
Today, after reading this post, you can prepare yourself lunch (or better yet, dinner) a la Evgeniy at Talon. You can replace Veuve Clicquot with something simpler and more down-to-earth (most people won’t feel the difference anyway - and this is not a reproach to you, but a simple statement of fact), you can use champignons instead of truffles - and you will be happy :-) Repeat this - please let me know :-)
Well, the last thing for today is to understand who Kaverin is. This is a representative of a famous family, a tough reveler and rake, whom the whole city knew, as well as Pushkin’s good friend Pyotr Pavlovich Kaverin. Hero of the War of 1812, retired lieutenant colonel of the Pavlograd Hussar Regiment and future Mason could not find himself in peaceful life(then he went into the army again) and was desperately carousing. So much so that later Lermontov also mentioned him.
That's all for today.
To be continued…
Have a nice time of day.
To the question Help! Do you need a daily routine (mode) of Evgeniy Onegin?! given by the author It-girl Blond the best answer is Waking up "after noon"
"Sometimes he was still in bed:
They bring notes to him.
Three houses are calling for the evening"
Walk.
"While in morning dress,
Putting on a wide bolivar,
Onegin goes to the boulevard"
Dinner
"And there he walks in the open space"
While the watchful Breget
Dinner won't ring his bell. "
Dinner
“It’s already dark: he’s getting into the sled.
Silvery with frosty dust
His beaver collar.
He rushed to Talon: he is sure
What is Kaverin waiting for him there?
Entered: and there was a cork in the ceiling,
The current flowed from the comet's fault,
Before him roast-beef is bloody,
And truffles, the luxury of youth,
French cuisine has the best color,
And Strasbourg's pie is imperishable
Between live Limburg cheese
And a golden pineapple. "
Visit to the theater
"Everything is clapping. Onegin enters,
Walks between the chairs along the legs"
And finally, returning home. .
Dream.
In the village everything was a little different...)
"Two days seemed new to him
Lonely fields
The coolness of the gloomy oak tree,
The babbling of a quiet stream;
On the third grove, hill and field
He was no longer occupied;
Then they induced sleep;
Then he saw clearly
That in the village the boredom is the same,
Although there are no streets or palaces,
No cards, no balls, no poems. "
Reply from Lada[newbie]
His daily routine is an example of a typical day for a young socialite. The hero’s morning, which began after noon, opened with the fact that “he is still in bed: they are bringing notes to him.” These notes are invitations to the evening, what will be the essence of Onegin’s day.
Where is he being invited? Three houses are calling for a party; it would also be nice to go to a ball and a children's party. But Onegin does not choose - “it’s no wonder to keep up everywhere.”
Reply from Alena Bogomolova[active]
Sometimes he was still in bed:
They bring notes to him.
What? Invitations? In fact,
Three houses for the evening call:
There will be a ball, there will be a children's party.
Where will my prankster ride?
Who will he start with? Doesn't matter:
It’s no wonder it’s easy to keep up with everything.
While in morning dress,
Putting on a wide bolivar (3),
Onegin goes to the boulevard
And there he walks in the open space,
While the watchful Breget
Dinner won't ring his bell.
XVI.
It’s already dark: he gets into the sled.
“Fall, fall!” - a cry was heard;
Silvery with frosty dust
His beaver collar.
He rushed to Talon (4): he is sure
What is Kaverin waiting for him there... .
....
Thirst asks for more glasses
Pour hot fat over cutlets,
But the ringing of the Breguet reaches them,
That a new ballet has begun.
The theater is an evil legislator,
Fickle Adorer
Charming actresses
Honorary Citizen of the Backstage,
Onegin flew to the theater,
Where everyone, breathing freedom,
Ready to clap entrechat,
To flog Phaedra, Cleopatra,
Call Moina (in order to
Just so they can hear him)... .
....
Everything is clapping. Onegin enters
Walks between the chairs along the legs,
The double lorgnette points sideways
To the boxes of unknown ladies;
I looked around all the tiers,
I saw everything: faces, clothes
He is terribly unhappy;
With men on all sides
He bowed, then went on stage.
He looked in great absentmindedness,
He turned away and yawned,
And he said: “It’s time for everyone to change;
I endured ballets for a long time,
But I’m tired of Didelot too” (5).
XXII.
More cupids, devils, snakes
They jump and make noise on stage;
Still tired lackeys
They sleep on fur coats at the entrance;
They haven't stopped stomping yet,
Blow your nose, cough, shush, clap;
Still outside and inside
Lanterns are shining everywhere;
Still frozen, the horses fight,
Bored with my harness,
And the coachmen, around the lights,
They scold the gentlemen and beat them in the palm of their hands:
And Onegin went out;
He goes home to get dressed.
....
You can be a smart person
And think about the beauty of nails:
Why argue fruitlessly with the century?
The custom is despot between people.
Second Chadayev, my Evgeniy,
Fearing jealous judgments,
There was a pedant in his clothes
And what we called dandy.
He's at least three o'clock
He spent in front of the mirrors
And he came out of the restroom
Like windy Venus,
When, wearing a man's outfit,
The goddess goes to a masquerade.
....
We better hurry to the ball,
Where to headlong in a Yamsk carriage
My Onegin has already galloped.
In front of the faded houses
Along the sleepy street in rows
Double carriage lights
Cheerful shed light
And they bring rainbows to the snow:
Dotted with bowls all around,
The magnificent house glitters;
Shadows walk across the solid windows,
Profiles of heads flash
And ladies and fashionable weirdos.
XXVIII.
Here our hero drove up to the entryway;
He passes the doorman with an arrow
He flew up the marble steps,
I straightened my hair with my hand,
Entered. The hall is full of people;
The music is already tired of thundering;
The crowd is busy with the mazurka;
There is noise and crowding all around;
The cavalry guard's spurs are jingling;
The legs of lovely ladies are flying;
In their captivating footsteps
Fiery eyes fly
And drowned out by the roar of violins
Jealous whispers of fashionable wives.
....
What about my Onegin? Half asleep
He goes to bed from the ball:
And St. Petersburg is restless
Already awakened by the drum.
The merchant gets up, the peddler goes,
A cabman pulls to the stock exchange,
The okhtenka is in a hurry with the jug,
The morning snow crunches under it.
I woke up in the morning with a pleasant sound.
The shutters are open; pipe smoke
Rising like a pillar of blue,
And the baker, a neat German,
In a paper cap, more than once
He was already opening his vasisdas.
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But, tired of the noise of the ball,
And the morning turns to midnight,
Sleeps peacefully in the shade of the blessed
Fun and luxury child.
Wake up after noon, and again
Until the morning his life is ready,
Monotonous and colorful.
And tomorrow is the same as yesterday.