Leningrad, by Dmitry Berger I am back in my city, dear to me like my tears /
Like small veins, swollen glands of my infancy years.
You have come here, now go ahead in one gulp...
Leningrad, by Andrey Kneller I‘ve returned to my city, it’s familiar in truth /
To the tears, to the veins, swollen glands of my youth.
You are here once again, — quickly gulp ...
Leningrad, by Peter Russell I have come back to my city, familiar to the point of tears, /
To the blood in my veins, to my childhood’s swollen tonsils. /
You have come back h...
Leningrad, by Bernard Meares I returned to my city, familiar as tears, /
As veins, as mumps from childhood years.
You’ve returned here, so swallow as quick as you can /
The f...
Leningrad, by Rupert Moreton I’ve returned to my city, with tears too well versed, /
And with veins and with childhood’s glands ready to burst.
You’ve returned here — with hast...
Leningrad, by Alistair Noon I’m back in the city I’d walk till I cried, /
that I knew to my veins and glands as a child.
Back now in Leningrad. Quicker and quicker, /
gulp d...
Leningrad, by Rose Styron Return to my city, dearer to me than tears, /
to its veins, the swollen glands of childhood nights, /
return, remembering — swallow, O quickly the...
Petersburg, by Dina Belyayeva I returned to my city familiar to tears, /
To my vessels and tonsils of childhood years,
You returned here again, then devour and cram /
The fish...
Leningrad, Vertaalgroep Leidse Slavisten Terug in de stad mij tot tranen bekend, /
In het merg, in het bloed tot het laatste bekend. /
Je bent weer terug, dus je vreet je meteen /
Door ...
in finnish
Osip Mandelstam (suomi)
Leningrad, Marja-Leena Mikkola Palasin kaupunkiini — kyynelrauhasillani /
tunnistan sen kuin lapsi — joka suonellani.
Palasit? Kiirehdi niin ehdit ryypätä /
kalaöljyn Leningrad...