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“On a New Year” by Marina Tsvetaeva 🇷🇺 (8 Oct 1892 – 31 Aug 1941)
Translated from the Russian by Ilya Shambat
Let’s meet the stranger with a lamp,
With a quiet, loyal flame.
Only no hidden whisper,
No whisper about him!
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We do not need the bright light now,
Dim the lamp till it’s barely lit.
Only no sight of the better,
No sight of it!
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May in a careless worry
Year like a day only seem!
Only no thought of eternal,
No thought about him!
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We will again become “sisters”,
Nearer to each other sit.
Only no words of the past,
No words about it!