Anna Akhmatova
Like the cuckoo in the clock...

Like the cuckoo in the clock,
I seem nearly alive.

I don’t envy birds in the forest,
I just crow out the hours
when my clock is wound.

Only on an enemy
would I wish this existence.

But in fact, I don’t wish anything.
I have less wants than a pet,
I’m only a toy.

Анна Ахматова
Я живу, как кукушка в часах...

Я живу, как кукушка в часах,
Не завидую птицам в лесах.
Заведут — и кукую.
Знаешь, долю такую
Лишь врагу
Пожелать я могу.

1911

Стихотворение Анны Ахматовой «Я живу, как кукушка в часах...» на английском.
(Anna Akhmatova in english).

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