Alexander Pushkin
- Based on pure chance, a useless gift..., by U. R. Bowie
Based on pure chance, a useless gift, /
A life — why was it given to me? /
And why did furtive fate so swift /
My life to end in death decree?
...
- Futile gift, so unexpected..., by Robin Kallsen
Futile gift, so unexpected — /
Life, why were you brought to me? /
Rather, why are you subjected /
To a brutal penalty?
What unfriendly power b...
- Gift haphazard, unavailing..., by Cecil Maurice Bowra
Gift haphazard, unavailing, /
Life, why wert thou given to me? /
Why art thou to death unfailing /
Sentencing by dark destiny? /
/
Who in h...
- Life, the gift so idle and random..., by Natasha Gotskaya
Life, the gift so idle and random, /
Why 're you given to me at all? /
Or, else, why must you abandon /
Me, condemned to deadly call?
What crue...
- Wasteful gift, a gift so random..., by Yuri Menis
Wasteful gift, a gift so random, /
Life, you’re granted me — but why? /
Why by destiny unfathomed /
You are sentenced and shall die? /
/
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in french Alexandre Pouchkine (français)
- Don fortuit, don éphémère..., Cyrilla Falk
Don fortuit, don éphémère, /
Vie, pourquoi m’es-tu donnée, /
Puisqu’un sort plein de mystère /
À la mort t’a condamnée ? /
/
Qui par un pou...
in portuguese Alexandre Pushkin (português)
- Dom inútil, dom fortuito..., Boris Schnaiderman, Nelson Ascher
Dom inútil, dom fortuito, /
por que a vida me foi dada? /
E o destino, com que intuito /
a condena a um fim: o nada?
Que poder hostil, do pó, /...