“You, who loved me with the deceptions …” by Marina Tsvetaeva

“You, who loved me with the deceptions …” by Marina Tsvetaeva 🇷🇺 (8 Oct 1892 – 31 Aug 1941)

Translated from the Russian by David McDuff

You, who loved me with the deceptions

Of truth—and the truth of lies,

You, who loved me—beyond all distance!

—Beyond boundaries!

You, who loved me longer

Than time—your right hand soars!—

You don’t love me any more:

That’s the truth in six words.