Anna Akhmatova

• I have no use for battlefield odes..., by Ann Clark and Zhenya Zafrin
  I have no use for battlefield odes, / And the charms of an intricate elegy. / For me a poem must be impromptu — / Not a matter of tradition. If...
• I have no use for regimental odes..., by A. Z. Foreman
  I have no use for regimental odes, / Or the impassioned elegiac hoax. / I make my verses quite beside the point / Made by the just, plain folks....
• I`m careless of the ode’s exalted sentence..., by Evgenia Sarkisyants
  I'm careless of the ode’s exalted sentence / And of the elegy’s delicious guile. / I say the verse should ill befit the senses, / Escape the com...
• Unsuited to my purpose in the rhyming..., by Peter Tempest
  Unsuited to my purpose in the rhyming / Of martial odes or charming elegies. / In verses everything should be untimely, / No punctualityes. ...

in french

Anna Akhmatova (français)

• Des armées d’odes, je n’ai point que faire..., Olga Medvedkova
  Des armées d’odes, je n’ai point que faire, / Du charme des caprices élégiaques. / Tout doit être pour moi mal à propos en vers, / Pas comme che...

in portuguese

Anna Akhmátova (português)

• Não me importa o exército das odes..., Haroldo de Campos, Boris Schnaiderman
  Não me importa o exército das odes, / Nem o jogo torneado da elegia. / Nos versos, tudo é fora de propósito, / Não como entre as pessoas, — me d...