“No need for talk …” by Marina Tsvetaeva

“No need for talk …” by Marina Tsvetaeva 🇷🇺 (8 Oct 1892 – 31 Aug 1941)

Translated from the Russian by Denise Levertov

No need for talk:

my lips are for you to

drink from,

the thick of my hair

hangs heavy for you to

stroke. Please.

And my hands.

For you to kiss.

Or let me

go down into

black sleep.