Marina Tsvetaeva. The gypsy passion of parting!... Translated by Ilya Shambat

Марина Цветаева
Цыганская страсть разлуки!..

Цыганская страсть разлуки!
Чуть встретишь — уж рвёшься прочь!
Я лоб уронила в руки
И думаю, глядя в ночь:

Никто, в наших письмах роясь,
Не понял до глубины,
Как мы вероломны, то есть —
Как сами себе верны.

October, 1915

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Marina TsvetaevaThe gypsy passion of parting!..