Anna Akhmatova
- Memory’s Voice, by A. S. Kline
- Voice of memory, by Andrey Kneller
«I dreamed this dream and I still dream of it / and I will dream of it sometime again. / Everything repeats itself and everything will be reincarnated, / and my dreams will be your dreams. There, to one side of us, to one side of the world / wave after wave breaks on the shore: / there's a...»
«I know the truth — give up all other truths! / No need for people anywhere on earth to struggle. / Look — it is evening, look, it is nearly night: / what do you speak of, poets, lovers, generals? The wind is level now, the earth is wet with dew, / the storm of stars in the sky will turn...»
«It’s dark, despite the moon above. / For many, life may turn out better, — / Inside my soul, the spring of love / Will not replace the stormy weather. / The night’s spread out in the street, / And to my spirit’s muted stare, / That’s soaked in poison, hot and sweet, / It answ...»
«Let the nightingale resound, / Let us feel the first light’s gaze, / Let me wrap my arm, stretched out, / In the gloom, around your waist. The canoe will drift by, lazy, / Past the swaying reeds, eclipsed, / You will fall to me, embracing, / Burning passion - on your lips. Sing for m...»