Anna Akhmatova
- Now no-one will be listening to songs..., by Donald Michael Thomas
Anna Achmatowa (deutsch)
- Kein Mensch wird jetzt noch Lieder hören wollen..., Eric Boerner
«12 I have been given arms — to each one to stretch both, / Not to hold tight not with one, lips — to give names, / Eyes — not to see, the high eyebrows above them — / To marvel tenderly at love, and more still at not love. And this bell there, heavier than the Kremlin's, / Ceasel...»
«I'll conquer you from all lands, from all the sky, / Because forest is my cradle and in the forest I'll die, / For I stand on the ground with just one of my legs, / For I will sing to you like no one else. I'll conquer you from all times, I will fight / All golden banners, all swords and al...»
«To you, my rival, I will come sometime / At night when moon is standing overhead / When frogs are wailing loudly on the pond / And women are from pity going mad. And, marveling at beating of the eyelids / And on your jealous eyelashes, it seems, / I'll tell you that I'm not a human being ...»
«Who did not stomp on you — who did not melt you — / O merchant of the non-flammable roses! / One thing unshakable upon this planet / Did leave behind him Savior Jesus: Israel! Your second kingdom's coming: / For all the money, if they only knew, / You paid with all your blood — you...»