Osip Mandelshtam

• 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...
• 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...

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Osip Mandelstam (suomi)

• Leningrad, Marja-Leena Mikkola
  Palasin kaupunkiini — kyynelrauhasillani / tunnistan sen kuin lapsi — joka suonellani. Palasit? Kiirehdi niin ehdit ryypätä / kalaöljyn Leningrad...