Bella Akhmadulina
- One time, having been tossed on the edge of all..., by Lyudmila Purgina
Bella Achmadulina (italiano)
- Un giorno, dondolando sull’orlo..., Daniela Gatti
«A shameless thing, of every vileness capable, / It is as drab as dust, as earthly dust. / I perish of a nearness inescapable; / Its fatal coils about my limbs are thrust. A shaggy poulp, embracing me, and pricking me, / And as a serpent cold against my heart, / Its branching scales are po...»
«Thou queen of all serenity, / Soul of my soul, most chaste, / I summon thee, divinity, / I summon thee, make haste! But to the tryst thy offering / Shall not be brought alone. / My guilt will come, my suffering, / My sin will lift its moan. Before thy heart insulted so, / In shame my...»
«He came to me — I don't know who he is. / He encircled me within a ring. / He said that I don't know who he is, / But he hid his face behind a cape. I begged him to tarry longer, / To step back, not touch me, and to wait. / If he only could but tarry longer / And not enclose me within...»
«Again he came, he looks at me with scorn / (I don't know who he is, just Someone in a cape) / And he laughs, "Oh, this is getting tiresome, / The circumstances cry to end it all. / I'm tired of watching you in wretched battle, / The minutes of my time have now been numbered. / Your circ...»