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Tonight — I am alone in the night,
a homeless and sleepless nun!
Tonight I hold all the keys to this
the only capital city
and lack of sleep guides me on my path.
You are so lovely, my dusky Kremlin!
Tonight I put my lips to the breast
of the whole round and warring earth.
Now I feel hair — like fur — standing on end:
the stifling wind blows straight into my soul.
Tonight I feel compassion for everyone,
those who are pitied, along with those who are kissed.
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Сегодня ночью я одна в ночи́ —
Бессонная, бездомная черница! —
Сегодня ночью у меня ключи
От всех ворот единственной столицы!
Бессонница меня толкнула в путь.
— О, как же ты прекрасен, тусклый Кремль мой! —
Сегодня ночью я целую в грудь
Всю круглую воюющую землю!
Вздымаются не волосы — а мех,
И душный ветер прямо в душу дует.
Сегодня ночью я жалею всех, —
Кого жалеют и кого целуют.
«I know, I'll die at twilight! On which of the two, / Which one of the two — cannot be decided by my wish! / Ah, if it were possible, to extinguish my torch twice! / So that I could depart at sunset and in the morning! Heaven's daughter! Who danced on this earthy ground! — / With an skir...»
«Alive and well! / Louder than thunder — / Like an ax — / Joy! ... Stunned, / Awed. / What instead — / Cry? ... So, he is alive? / My eyelids closed, / Breathing, I call — / Do you hear? ... Dead - and risen?! / Just enough for a sigh, / A stone from the sky, / A...»
«I have not grown prettier in the years of separation! / Will you not be angry at my rough hands, / They worked with bread and salt? / — Callused from common labor! Oh, no prettying up for the meeting / Love. — Do not be shocked by my common / Speech — no advisor, neglected: / It...»
«Ach, to crash in a sheer fall — / Down — into dust on the asphalt! / The short length of earthly love / Bathed in tears- for how long? Balcony. With their salty downpour / Come malicious kisses. / And inescapable hatred / A sigh: To expire in verses! Squeezed into a ball in one's ...»