Marina Tsvetaeva. What is this gypsy passion for separation.... Translated by Elaine Feinstein

Marina Tsvetaeva
What is this gypsy passion for separation...

What is this gypsy passion for separation, this
readiness to rush off — when we’ve just met?
My head rests in my hands as I
realize, looking into the night

that no one turning over our letters has
yet understood how completely and
how deeply faithless we are, which is
to say: how true we are to ourselves.

Translated by Elaine Feinstein

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 TsvetaevaWhat is this gypsy passion for separation...

Translated by Elaine Feinstein

Марина ЦветаеваЦыганская страсть разлуки!..

Marina Tsvetaeva
What is this gypsy passion for separation...

Марина Цветаева
Цыганская страсть разлуки!..