As a white stone in the well’s cool deepness (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
As a white stone in the well's cool deepness,There lays in me one wonderful remembrance.I am not able and don't ...
Anna Akhmatova Poems (80 Poems)
And you, my friends who have been called away (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
And you, my friends who have been called away,I have been spared to mourn for you and weep,Not as a ...
A widow in black (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
A widow in black -- the crying fallCovers all hearts with a depressing cloud...While her man's words are clearly recalled,She ...
Along the hard crust of deep snows (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Along the hard crust of deep snows,To the secret, white house of yours,So gentle and quiet - we bothAre walking, ...
Gray-Eyed King (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Glory to you, inescapable pain!The gray-eyed king died yesterday.The autumn evening was sultry and red,My husband returned and quietly said:"You ...
Rachel (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
When Jacob and Rachel met for the first time,He bowed to her like a humble wayfarer. The herds were raising ...
‘I have come to take your place, sister (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
'I have come to take your place, sister,At the high fire in the forest's heart.Your eyes have grown dull, your ...
To fall ill as one should, deliriously (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
To fall ill as one should, deliriouslyHot, meet everyone again,To stroll broad avenues in the seashore gardenFull of the wind ...
Here is my gift (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Here is my gift, not roses on your grave,not sticks of burning incense.You lived aloof, maintaining to the endyour magnificent ...
How Many Demands… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
How many demands the beloved can make!The woman discarded, none.How glad I am that today the waterUnder the colorless ice ...
Thoughts Of The Sunlight (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Thoughts of the sunlight fainter and dimmer, And parched the grass. Breezes, freh breezes ...
To The Many (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
I — am your voice, the warmth of your breath,I — am the reflection of your face,The futile trembling of ...
Our Native Earth (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
We do not carry it in lockets on the breast,And do not cry about it in poems,It does not wake ...
Reading ‘Hamlet’ (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
1The lot by the graves was a dusty hot land;The river behind -- blue and cool. You told me, "Well, ...
They Didn’t Meet (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
They didn't meet me, roamed,On steps with lanterns bright.I entered quiet homeIn murky, pail moonlight. Under a lamp's green halo,With ...
Somewhere there is a simple life (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Somewhere there is a simple life and a world,Transparent, warm and joyful. . .There at evening a neighbor talks with ...
In The Evening (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
The garden rang with musicOf inexpressible despair.A dish of oysters spread on iceSmelled like the ocean, fresh and sharp.He told ...
Song Of The Final Meeting (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
My breast grew helplessly cold,But my steps were light.I pulled the glove from my left handMistakenly onto my right.It seemed ...
Greetings! (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
Do you hear the soft rustle beside your table? Don't bother to write ...
I Hear The Oriole’s Always-Griev (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
I hear the oriole's always-grieving voice,And the rich summer's welcome loss I hearIn the sickle's serpentine hissCutting the corn's ear ...
In Human Closeness There… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
In human closeness there is a secret edge,Nor love nor passion can pass it above,Let lips with lips be joined ...
As a White Stone… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
As a white stone in the well's cool deepness,There lays in me one wonderful remembrance.I am not able and don't ...
You’ll Live, But I’ll Not… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
You'll live, but I'll not; perhaps,The final turn is that.Oh, how strongly grabs usThe secret plot of fate.They differently shot ...
My Hands Clasped… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
My hands clasped under a veil, dim and hazy."Why are you so pale and upset?"That's because I today made him ...
We Don’t Know How To Say Goodbye (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
We don't know how to say good-byeWe wander on, shoulder by shoulder.Already the sun is going down.You're moody, I am ...
The Victory (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
2Over a pier, the first beacon inflamed --The vanguard of other sea-rangers;The mariner cried and bared his head;He sailed with ...
If the Moon On the Skies… (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
If the moon on the skies does not roam,But cools, like a seal above,My dead husband enters the homeTo read ...
I Have No Use For Odic Legions (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
I have no use for odic legions,Or for the charm of elegiac playFor me, all verse should be off kilterNot ...
Muse (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
When, in the night, I wait for her, impatient,Life seems to me, as hanging by a thread.What just means liberty, ...
Alexander By Thebes (Anna Akhmatova Poems)
I think, the king was fierce, though young,When he proclaimed, "You'll level Thebes with ground."And the old chief perceived this ...