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“As if on the rim of a cloud …” by Anna Akhmatova 🇷🇺 (23 Jun 1889 – 5 Mar 1966)
Translated from the Russian by Judith Hemschemeyer
As if on the rim of a cloud,
I remember your words,
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And because of my words to you,
Night became brighter than day.
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Thus, torn from the earth,
We rose up, like stars.
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There was neither despair nor shame,
Not now, not afterward, not at the time.
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But in real life, right now,
You hear how I am calling you.
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And that door that you half opened,
I don’t have the strength to slam.