Mikhail Lermontov

• A Wish, by Victor Postnikov
  Why can’t I be flying like a bird o'er mead, / Like this very raven that flew o'er head? / Why can’t I be soaring aloof in the sky / Where freed...
• Desire, by Tatiana Molchanova
  Why not am I the steppe raven, / Just passed me by across the haven? / Why can’t I glide alone on sky? / Being a spirit, being free and fly? I'...