Anna Akhmatova
I care nothing for...
Anna Akhmatova
Translated by Daniel Weissbort, appears in Twentieth Century Russian Poetry: Silver and Steel
[…] I care nothing for battle odes,
The enchantment of elegiac conceits.
For me, all poetry must be malapropos,
Not as people …
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We Don't Know How to Say Goodbye
Anna Akhmatova
We don’t know how to say goodbye,
We wander on, shoulder to shoulder
Already the sun is going down
You’re moody, and I am your shadow.
Let’s step inside a church, hear prayers, masses for the dead
Why are we so …
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