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“My heart is singing, singing, singing …” by Vladislav Khodasevich 🇷🇺 (28 May 188614 Jun 1939)
Translated from the Russian by Tatiana Kocherova
My heart is singing, singing, singing,
In it there is the blossoming,
Of course, I can not have excuse
In these so awful years.
The coffins are across my earth
And hunger, murrain, death—
But I feel, for some reason, glee
As if the sun is in me.
This feeling is my shame, it’s true,
But what can I do here?—
My heart against everything
Is singing, singing, singing.