From where is this tenderness coming?.., by Maya Jouravel From where is this tenderness coming? /
These curls are not the first that I have /
So slowly stroked, and some lips I have /
Known were darker ...
This tenderness — how to explain it?.., by Irina Zheleznova This tenderness — how to explain it? /
I've touched other locks and many, /
I've touched other locks, and darker, /
More burning lips known than...
To Osip Mandelstam, by Rolf W. F. Gross From where such tenderness? /
Not the first — those curls /
I stroke, and his lips /
I thought them darker.
The stars rose and faded, /
From ...
Whence cometh such tender rapture?.., by unknown author Whence cometh such tender rapture? /
Those curls — they are not the first ones /
I've smoothened, and I've already /
Known lips — that were dark...
Where does such tenderness come from..., by Andrey Kneller Where does such tenderness come from? /
These curls that I stroke with my hand /
Aren’t the first that I’ve stroked, and I /
Knew lips that were...
Where does this tenderness come from?.., by Elaine Feinstein Where does this tenderness come from? /
These are not the — first curls I /
have stroked slowly — and lips I /
have known are — darker than your...
Why such tenderness?.., by A. S. Kline Why such tenderness? /
Not the first — these curls /
I stroke, I’ve known, yes, /
Lips much darker than yours.
As stars fade and rise, /
— Wh...
in german
Marina Zwetajewa (deutsch)
Woher ist diese Zärtlichkeit?.., Ekaterina Overbeck Woher ist diese Zärtlichkeit? /
Nicht zum ersten Mal glätte /
Solche Locken ich und kannte /
Die Lippen noch dunkler, als deine. /
/
Die St...
in french
Marina Tsvetaïeva (français)
D`où vient une telle tendresse?.., Guy Laffaille D'où vient une telle tendresse? /
Elles ne sont pas les premières, ces boucles /
que j'ai caressées — ces lèvres /
j'en connais des plus sombres...