Vassily Zhukovsky successfully translated some of Goethe’s most outstanding poetic works, including the “Song of the Harper” and the “Song of Mignon” from Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship, and the “Ballad of the Fisherman.” These are widely considered the most perfect poems ever written in their original German language. Unsurprisingly, the “Song of the Harper” became one of the treasures of Russian culture too, albeit in a Fëdor Tiutchev translation. Other translations by Zhukovsky from German, however, such as Friedrich Schiller’s ballads or “Night Vigil” by Joseph Christian von Zedlitz, are better known. The German original of the latter is sixty lines of inexpressive, sluggish dol’nik (the so-called Knittelvers):

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关于茹科夫斯基的翻译，SS Averintsev

瓦西里·茹科夫斯基成功翻译了歌德的一些最杰出的诗歌作品，包括威廉·迈斯特学徒时期的《竖琴手之歌》和《米农之歌》，以及《渔夫之歌》。这些被广泛认为是用原始德语写成的最完美的诗歌。不出所料，《竖琴手之歌》也成为俄罗斯文化的瑰宝之一，尽管是费多·蒂切夫 (Fëdor Tiutchev) 的翻译。然而，朱可夫斯基从德语翻译的其他作品，例如弗里德里希席勒的民谣或约瑟夫·克里斯蒂安·冯·泽德利茨的“守夜人”，则更为人所知。后者的德语原文是 60 行无表情、呆滞的 dol'nik（所谓的 Knittelvers）：