Anna Akhmatova

• I said to the cuckoo: “Till I die..., by Vivian de Sola Pinto
  I said to the cuckoo: “Till I die /     Tell me how many years must pass!” / Pines were waving in the sky. /     Yellow light fell on the grass....
• Of the cuckoo asked I boldly..., by Rupert Moreton
  Of the cuckoo asked I boldly, / To discover when I’d die... / Pine trees’ tips were trembling coldly. / Yellow beam on grass did lie. / From t...
• The cuckoo I asked..., by Donald Michael Thomas
  The cuckoo I asked / How many years I would live… The / Pine tops shivered, / A yellow shaft fell to the grass. / In the fresh forest depths, ...