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“Like someone deaf, blind and mute …” by
Anna Akhmatova
🇷🇺
(
23 Jun 1889
–
5 Mar 1966
)
Translated from the Russian by Andrey Kneller
Like someone deaf, blind and mute,
For whom, the only thing left
Is the sense of smell, I breathe in
Dampness, mold, inclement weather
And fleeting, transient smoke …