Anna Akhmatova

For us to lose freshness of words and simplicity of feeling..., by Judith Hemschemeyer
For us to lose freshness of words and simplicity of feeling, / Isn’t it the same as for a painter to lose — sight, / Or an actor — his voice and m...
Freshness of words, simplicity of emotions..., by Donald Michael Thomas
Freshness of words, simplicity of emotions, / If we lost these, would it not be as though / Blindness had stricken Fra Angelico, / Or an actor l...
To lose the freshness of speech, the simplicity of feeling..., by A. S. Kline
To lose the freshness of speech, the simplicity of feeling, / Isn’t that, for us, like a painter losing the power of sight, / Or an actor, their v...
To lose the freshness of the words and sense, for us..., by Ilya Shambat
To lose the freshness of the words and sense, for us, / Is it same as for an artist to lose vision, / Or for an actor — voice and motion, / Or f...
Words’ ease and freshness — is it less..., by Andrey Kneller
Words’ ease and freshness — is it less / For us than for an artist — vision, / For actors — voice and hand precision, / For beauties — beauty an...

in german

Anna Achmatowa (deutsch)

Sind frische Worte, einfaches Gefühl..., Eric Boerner
Sind frische Worte, einfaches Gefühl / Für uns nicht das, was für den Maler — Sehen, / Dem Schauspieler — die Stimme und Bewegung, / Der schönen...

in italian

Per noi, Gene Immediato
Per noi / perdere la freschezza delle parole / e il moto puro dei sentimenti / è ciò che rende l'arte al pittore / o la voce e il gesto per l'...