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“The land though not mine …” by Anna Akhmatova 🇷🇺 (23 Jun 1889 – 5 Mar 1966)
Translated from the Russian by Ljubov V. Kuchkina
The land though not mine,
But forever in my memory,
And in the sea,
Tender icy and unsalted water.
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On the bottom the sand is whiter than chalk,
And the air is drunk, like wine,
And the rosy body of the pine trees
Is naked at the sunset hour.
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And the sunset itself in the waves of ether
Is such that cannot say
If it’s the day’s end, the world’s end,
If it’s mysteries mystery within me.