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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive. Dalai Lama

Tag: Akhmatova

A land not mine, still by Anna Akhmatova English version by Jane Kenyon

October 7, 2017February 1, 2018 RenéeLeave a comment

A land not mine, still
forever memorable,
the waters of its ocean
chill and fresh.
Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk,
and the air drunk, like wine,
late sun lays bare
the rosy limbs of the pinetrees.
Sunset in the ethereal waves:
I cannot tell if the day
is ending, or the world, or if
the secret of secrets is inside me again.

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