Marina Tsvetaeva

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

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...