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“A raven to his brother flies …” by Alexander Pushkin 🇷🇺 (6 Jun 1799 – 10 Feb 1837)
Translated from the Russian by Alec Vagapov
A raven to his brother flies,
The raven to his brother cries,
“Brother dear, where shall we dine?
To get something would be fine.”
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The raven answers, “Brother, yes,
Dinner is served for us, I guess.
In the middle of a field
A young hunter is laying killed.
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Why and how he lost his life
Know only his young wife,
His good falcon, his good horse,
And his brother, who is worse.
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To a grove the falcon ’s flown,
The horse got another owner,
While his widow and his brother
Very soon will get each other.”