Alexander Blok

We were together at the time..., by Andrey Kneller
We were together at the time... / The fiddle sang, the night felt giddy... / I knew, back then, that you were — mine, / As hours passed, you gre...
We were together, I recall..., by Alec Vagapov
We were together, I recall... / The night was thrilled, the fiddle singing... / You were mine, my kindly soul, / The loveliest of all in being.....

«To Tsar, on Easter»
Marina Tsvetaeva

«Open, Open, / The gates of the tsar! / Darkness dimmed and poured out far. / With clean heat / Burns the altar — / Resurrect, Christ, / Yesterday's tsar! Without glory fell / Two-headed eagle. / Tsar — you were wrong. He'll remember inheritance / Many more times — ...»
«Au Tsar, pour la fête de Pâques»
Marina Tsvetaïeva

«Ouvrez large, plus large, / La porte du sanctuaire ! / Les ténèbres se sont retirées. / D’une flamme pure brûle l’autel. / "Christ est ressuscité, / Tsar qui fut!" / L’aigle à double tête / A succombé sans gloire. / Tsar, vous n’aviez pas raison. / Ceux qui viendron...»
«Front de pierre»
Marina Tsvetaïeva

«Front de pierre, / Œil de pierre, / Poitrail de pierre / Pilier: / Destin! / / "Condition, métier! / En rangs! En rangs!", / D’une main de pierre / Aligne les fronts. / / Avide et aveugle, / Avide et creux. / Point de quartier: / Poitrail de pierre. / / — Num...»
«Twilight of Freedom»
Osip Mandelshtam

«Let us now praise freedom's twilight, / The glorious twilit year! / Into the midnight boiling waters / A massive forest of snares is lowered. / You rise above obscure years, — / O sun, O judge, my people. Let us praise the fateful burden / The people's leader takes up tearfully. — /...»

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