Afanasy Fet

For long I stood motionless, watching..., by V. de S. Pinto
For long I stood motionless, watching / Stars and still more stars beyond, / And there seemed to grow up in the stillness / Between me and the s...
Stars, by Anthony Phillips
For a long time I stood without moving / Peering at the distant stars, – / Between those stars and me / Unbidden, there grew a bond. I thought....

«Blade»
Marina Tsvetaeva

«Between us a double-edged knife / I swore — in my thoughts to put it there... / But sometimes there are — passionate sisters! / But sometimes there is brotherly passion! But this is like a touch of / The prairie in the wind, an abyss on the lips / A blow... Sword, protect us two / ...»
«Meeting of the Minds»
Marina Tsvetaeva

«In a world where everyone / Stoops and [produces] suds / I know —only one / Equal in strength to me. In a world where we / Seek so much, / I know — only one / Equal to me in might. In a world where everything is — / Mold and vines / I know: only one / You — equal in dep...»
«Attempt at Jealousy»
Marina Tsvetaeva

«How can you live with another woman — / Simpler? — Pull at the oar! — / Head for the coast line / Soon your memory will have departeded of me, the floating island / (In the sky — not in the sea)! / Souls, Souls! — You'll be sisters, / Not lovers - you! How can you live wit...»
«To B. Pasternak»
Marina Tsvetaeva

«Dis-stances: versts, miles... / They have dis-jointed us, dis-mantled, / So that we would be quiet, / At the world's farthest ends. Dis-stances: versts, spaces... / We, unstuck, unsoldered / With two arms spread, crucified, / They did not know, how that fuses Inspirations and sinews, /...»

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