Dzhambul and his ode to "Narkom Ezhov"

Copyright © 1998 by Hugo S. Cunningham
first posted 980805
minor change 001229

Many of Dzhambul's odes were printed in "Pravda" in the late 1930s. In 1938, he received an Order of Lenin ("Pravda," 3 Dec 1938), in return for which he offered one more flattering effusion to "my Stalin the Great, father and teacher!" [Our archivists may make it available in the future.]

The following ode to Nikolai Ivanovich was called to our attention by archival workers of the Beverly Hills rayon Party Center for Preservation of Documents and other Historical Material (BevGorRaiKom TsXDiDIM)

They also provided an English translation at this site.

[Stixi yavilis' v gazete "Pravde," 3/XII-37, str. 1]

Ob"yasnenie russkoj azbuki vospolzuemoj zdes'


Dzhambul

Narodnyj poe^t Kazaxstana
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NARKOM EZHOV

B sverkanij molnij ty stal nam znakom,
Ezhov, zorkoglazyj i umnyj narkom.
Velikogo Lenina mudroe slovo
Rastilo dlya bitvy geroya Ezhov.
Velikogo Stalina plamennyj zov
Uslyshal vsem serdcem, vsej krov'yu Ezhov.
Kogda zasiyali oktyabr'skie zori,
Dvorec shturmoval on s otvagoj vo vzore.
Kogda zhe vojnoj zapylal gorizont,
On sel na konya i poexal na front.
Shel klass protiv klassa. Zemlya polyxala.
I rodina krov'yu v te dni istekala.
Szhimali vragi nas zloveshchim kol'com --
Zhelezom i stal'yu, ognem i svincom.
Ya prolshloe pomnyu. V zakatax bagrovyx
Ya vizhy skvoz' dym komissara Ezhova.
Sverkaya bulatom, on smelo vedet
V ataki odetyj v shineli narod.
On b'etsya, uchas' u velikix batyrov,
Takix, kak Sergo, Voroshilov i Kirov.
S bojcami on laskov, s vragami surov,
V boyax zakalennyj, otvazhnyj Ezhov
Kogda nad stepyami podnyalsya vosxod
I plechi raspravil kazaxskij narod,
Kogda chabany protiv baev vostali,
Prislali Ezhova nam Lenin i Stalin.
Priexal Ezhov i, razveyav tuman,
Na bitvu za s-chast'e podnyal Kazaxstan,
Auly splotil pod znamena Sovetov,
Dal silu i mudrost' kremlevskix dekretov.
Vedya za soboyu kazaxskij narod
Na baev i bekov, vozglavil poxod.
Narod za Ezhovym poshel v nastuplen'e.
Sbylis' nayavu zolotye viden'ya.
Ezhov miroedov prognal za xrebty,
Otbil tabuny, ix stada i gurty.
Rasstalis' naveki my s bajckim obmanom.
Vesna rascvela po stepyam Kazaxstana
Pyshnee i krashe bylyx nashix snov,
Zdes' vse tebya lyubyat, tovarishch Ezhov!
Aryki, prudy, golubye ozera
K tebe obrashchayut s-chastlivye vzory.
Zdes' kazhdaya travka, trostnik i cvetok,
Snega na vershinax i gornyj potok,
Prostornye stepi ot kraya do kraya
Tebya ne zabyli, tebya vspominayut.
Kovyl' o tebe svoyu pesnyu poet,
V dvizhenii vetra -- dyxan'e tvoe.
Zvuchnej vodopadov, arykov chudesnej
Stepnye akyni poyut tebe pesni.
I vtorit narod, sobirayas' vokrug:
-- Privet tebe, Stalina predannyj drug!
A vrag nastorozhen, ozloblen i lyut.
Prislushajsya: noch'yu zlodei polzut,
Polzut po ovragam, nesut, izuvery,
Nagany i bomby, bacilly xolery ...
No ty ix vstrechaesh', silen i surov,
Ispytannyj v plameni bitvy Ezhov.
Vragi nashej zhizni, vragi millionov, --
Polzli k nam trockistskie bandy shpionov,
Buxarincy, xitrye zmei bolot,
Nacionalistov ozloblennyj sbrod.
Oni likovali, nesya nam okovy,
No zveri popalis' v kapkany Ezhova.
Velikogo Stalina predannyj drug,
Ezhov razorval ix predatel'skij krug.
Raskryta zmeinaya vrazh'ya poroda
Glazami Ezhova -- glazami naroda.
Vsex zmej yadovityx Ezhov podstereg
I vykuril gadov iz nor i berlog.
Razgromlena vsya skorpion'ya poroda
Rukami Ezhova -- rukami naroda.
I Lenina orden, goryashchij ognem,
Byl dan tebe, stalinckij vernyj narkom
Ty -- mech, obnazhennyj spokojno i grozno,
Ogon', opalivshij zmeinye gnezda,
Ty -- pulya dlya vsex skorpionov i zmej,
Ty -- oko strany, chto almaza yasnej.
Sedoj letopisec, svidetel' e^poxi,
Vbirayushchij vse likovan'ya i vzdoxi,
Sto let dozhivayushchij, drevnij Dzhambul
Uslyshal v stepi narastayushchij gul.
Mil'onnogolosoe zvonkoe slovo
Letit ot narodov k batyru Ezhovu:
Spasibo, Ezhov, chto, trevogu budya,
Stoish' ty na strazhe strany i vozhdya!

    S kazaxskogo perevel K. ALTAJSKIJ.
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