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“The Verdict” by Anna Akhmatova 🇷🇺 (23 Jun 18895 Mar 1966)
Translated from the Russian by Lyudmila Purgina
And the stone word has fallen down
On my breast, being alive, awhile …
No matter, I was ready, almost …
I’ll cope, overcome this time.
I’m today completly borrowed, rather,
It is need to kill the memory to end.
It is need for my soul—to harden,
It is need—again to live, as well.
Or … The hot rumble of near summer
Is outside my window as a feast …
I’ve fore-feeled this long ago: coming
Of this bright day and my house—left.