When someone says: ‘Alexandria,’
I see the white walls of a house,
a small garden row of gillyflowers,
an autumn evening’s pale sunlight
and hear the music of distant flutes.
When someone says: ‘Alexandria,’
I see stars above the hushed city,
drunken sailors in dark quarters,
a dancing girl performing the ‘wasp,’
and hear tambourines and the noise of fights.
When someone says ‘Alexandria,’
I see a pale purple sunset above the green sea,
the flickering of furry stars
and the light grey eyes beneath thick brows
that I see even when
no one says: ‘Alexandria!’
(Mikhail Alekseevich Kuzmin)
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