Anna Akhmatova





Anna Akhmatova





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  • Song of the Final Meeting

    How helplessly chilled was my chest, yet
    My footsteps were nimble and light.
    The glove that belonged on my left hand
    I unconsciously put on my right.

    It seemed that the stairs were endless,
    But I knew -- there were only three.
    Autumn, whispering through the maples,
    Pleaded: “Die here with me!

    I was blindly deceived by my dreary,
    Dismal, changeable Fate.” “And I too,”
    I responded, “My darling, my dear one,
    And I’ll also die here with you.”

    This is the song of the last, final meeting.
    I looked up at your house, all dark inside.
    Just the bedroom candles burned with a fleeting,
    Indifferent and yellowish light.

    Песня последней встречи

    Так беспомощно грудь холодела,
    Но шаги мои были легки.
    Я на правую руку надела
    Перчатку с левой руки.

    Показалось, что много ступеней,
    А я знала - их только три!
    Между кленов шепот осенний
    Попросил: "Со мною умри!

    Я обманут моей унылой
    Переменчивой, злой судьбой".
    Я ответила: "Милый, милый -
    И я тоже. Умру с тобой!"

    Это песня последней встречи.
    Я взглянула на темный дом.
    Только в спальне горели свечи
    Равнодушно-желтым огнем.

    Anna Akhmatova, 1911
    Translated by Andrey Kneller







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