Mikhail Lermontov

• Because, by Dina Belyayeva
  I’m sad, because I love you way too much to bear, / And I’m aware: the baleful rumor mill won’t spare / Your blooming youth. And soon your destiny...
• Wherefore, by Eugene Mark Kayden
  I grieve because I love, and loving you, / I know their crafty rumors will pursue / Your youth in flower, lying out of spite. / For every shinin...
• Why, by Yevgeny Bonver
  I am so sad because I worship you, / I know: that your flourishing youth / Will not be spared by the gossip's persecution. / For every sunny day...