I've lived to see desire vanish...

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Open Poetry #6

I've lived to see desire vanish...

Master
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since 1999-08-18

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Boston, MA

0 posted 2000-04-14 04:41 PM

*And yet another one of my translations, and again it's from A. Pushkin.

I’ve lived to see desire vanish,
With hope I’ve slowly grown to part,
And I am left with only anguish,
The fruit of emptiness at heart.

Under the storms of merciless fate
My thriving garland whithered lies--
In sadness, lonesome, I await :
How far away is my demise?

Thus, conquered by a tardy frost,
Through gale’s whisteling, I shiver,
And on a naked limb exposed
A lonesome leaf is left to quiver...

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"I will not whole die, my soul in sacred lyre,
will outlive my dust and will escape decay,
And in the moonlit sphere, my glory will not tire
As long as poets still remain" A. Pushkin

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RainbowGirl
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since 1999-07-31

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1 posted 2000-04-14 06:17 PM

You pulled the strings again Master..

HUGS

Denise

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2 posted 2000-04-14 08:17 PM

Very good, Master!

Denise

Poet deVine

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3 posted 2000-04-14 08:31 PM

Sent a chill up my spine! Very good..

Master
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since 1999-08-18

Posts 1867
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4 posted 2000-04-15 12:16 PM

Thank you, I'm not worthy of your compliments.

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