Anna Akhmatova

• Muse, by Donald Michael Thomas
  When at night I wait for her to come, / Life, it seems, hangs by a single strand. / What are glory, youth, freedom, in comparison / With the dea...
• Muse, by Robert Chandler
  I feel my life hang by a hair / as I wait at night for the Muse; / youth, freedom, fame melt into air / as my guest appears with her flute. She...
• Muse, by Andrey Kneller
  When at night I’m waiting her arrival, / Life, it seems, is hanging by a thread. / Glory, youth and freedom cannot rival / The joy she brings me...
• Muse, by Yevgeny Bonver
  When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient, / Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread. / What just means liberty, or youth, or approbation, / ...
• Muse, by Rupert Moreton
  When I await her at the midnight hour / Then life appears to hang by slender strand. / Who cares for honour, youth or freedom’s power / When pip...
• Muse, by A. S. Kline
  When I wait, at night, for her to come, / Life, it seems, hangs by a strand. / What are honour, youth, freedom, / Next to the dear guest, flute ...
• The Muse, by Eric Gillan
  When late at night I wait for her arrival, / It seems my life is hanging by a thread. / I offer youth, my freedom, glory, / To my adored guest w...
• The muse, by Max Hayward and Stanley Kunitz
  All that I am hangs by a thread tonight / as I wait for her whom no one can command. / Whatever I cherish most — youth, freedom, glory — / fades...
• The Muse, by Lyn Coffin
  When at night I await the beloved guest, / Life seems to hang by a thread. “What is youth?” I demand / Of the room. “What is honor, freedom, the...

in french

Anna Akhmatova (français)

• La Muse, Sophie Laffitte
  Quand, dans la nuit, j'attends sa visite, / Ma vie semble arrêtée. Et, vraiment, / Que sont honneurs, jeunesse ou liberté / Devant cette amie si...

in hungarian

Anna Ahmatova (magyar)

• Múzsa, Halasi Zoltán
  Mintha egy hajszálon függne az élet, / úgy várom jöttét minden éjszaka: / szabadság, hír, dicsőség elenyésznek, / mihelyt megfújja s szól a kis ...

in armenian

Աննա Ախմատովա (հայերեն)

• Մուսան, Սեյրան Մալխասյանի
  Երբ ես նրան եմ գիշերն սպասում, / Թվում է կյանքս կախված է թելից. / Ի՞նչ ազատություն, ի՞նչ փառք, ի՞նչ հուզում, / Երբ նա է հյուրս՝ սրինգը ձեռին… Մ...