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Fourth Sonata
(Translated by Faubion Bowers
Scriabin, A Biography of the Russian Composer, 1871-1915
Kondansha International Ltd.,1970)
In a light mist, transparent vapor
Lost afar and yet distinct
A star gleams softly
How beautiful! The bluish mystery
Of her glow
Beckons me, cradles me.
O bring me to thee, far distant star!
Bathe me in trembling rays
Sweet light!
Sharp desire, voluptuous and crazed yet sweet
Endlessly with no other goal than longing
I would desire.
But no! I vault in joyous leap
Freely I take wing
Mad dance, godlike play!
Intoxicating, shining one!
It is toward thee, adored star
My flight guides me
Toward thee, created freely for me
To serve the end
My flight of liberation!
In this play
Sheer caprice
In moments I forget thee
In the maelstrom that carries me
I veer from thy glimmering rays
In the intensity of desire
Thou fadest
O distant goal
But ever thou shinest
As I forever desire thee!
Thou expandest, Star!
Now thou art a Sun
Flamboyant sun! Sun of Triumph!
Approaching thee by my desire of thee
I have myself in thy changing waves
O joyous god
I imbibe thee
Sea of light
My self-of-light
I engulf Thee!
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