Prayer, by Babette Deutsch and Avrahm Yarmolinsky Give me comfortless seasons of sickness, /
Visitations of wrath and of wrong /
On my house; Lord, take child and companion, /
And destroy the sw...
Prayer, by Robert Chandler Grant me years of sickness and fever; /
make me sleepless for months at a time. /
Take away my child and my lover /
and the mysterious gift of r...
Prayer, by Andrey Kneller Give me sickness without an end, /
Suffocation and fevers prolonged, /
Take away both my child and friend, /
My mysterious gift of the song — / ...
Prayer, by Ilya Shambat Give me bitter years in malady /
Breathlessness, sleeplessness, fever, /
Both a friend and a child and mysterious /
Gift take away forever — /
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Anna Achmatova (italiano)
Preghiera, Gene Immediato Dammi amari anni di pianto, /
la malattia, l'insonnia, l'affanno. /
Portami via il figlio e l'amante /
e il misterioso dono del canto. /
Così ...