Anna Akhmatova

• A loved one makes her demands at will!.., by Andrey Kneller
  A loved one makes her demands at will! / But she who’s unloved has no say. / How happy I feel that the water grows still / Under the ice today. ...
• Always so many pleas from a lover..., by A. S. Kline
  Always so many pleas from a lover! / None when they fall out of love. / I’m so glad it plunges, the river, / Beneath colourless ice above. And ...
• So many requests, always, from a lover!.., by Donald Michael Thomas
  So many requests, always, from a lover! / None when they fall out of love. / I’m glad the water does not move / Under the colourless ice of the ...