Not the lyre of a lover
I’ll carry through my land
The rattle of a leper
Will sing in my hand.
– by Анна Ахматова (Anna Akhmatova), 1940
– from Тростник (Reed) / Из шести книг (From the Sixth Book)
– translation by D. M. Thomas
Not the lyre of a lover
I’ll carry through my land
The rattle of a leper
Will sing in my hand.
– by Анна Ахматова (Anna Akhmatova), 1940
– from Тростник (Reed) / Из шести книг (From the Sixth Book)
– translation by D. M. Thomas