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Master
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since 1999-08-18
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Boston, MA

0 posted 2001-01-02 02:06 AM


* This is another one of my translations from Russian. The original was written in 1949 by Boris Pasternak.

Meeting

The roads will load with snow,
The roofs will feel its weight,
To stretch, outside I go:
There, by the door, you wait.

Alone, in an autumn coat,
No boots, no hat on you,
With worry still distraught,
The melting snow you chew.

The fences and the trees
Deep into murk withdraw.
You stand there in the breeze
Under the falling snow.

The headscarf droplets slide
Along the coat you wear
And dewy drops alight
And sparkle in your hair.

A pale lock will trigger
Enough of light to note
The face, the scarf, the figure
And this old-styled coat.

There’s wet snow on your lashes,
Your eyes appear displeased,
Your whole appearance flashes
In one entire piece.

As though a scrap of metal
Into the stibnite dipped,
Across my heart unsettled,
You were incised in script.

And in it, now forever,
Your humble features stay.
And thus, it doesn’t matter
If life is harsh today.

That’s why the night appears thus
Redoubled in the snow,
And boundaries between us
Therefore, I’ll never draw.

But who are we, from where,
If from those years, today,
Just rumors are to spare,
And we have passed away?


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Kethry
Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
1 posted 2001-01-02 07:32 AM


Master,
loved these two lines.
"Across my heart unsettled,
You were incised in script."
write on, be strong
Kethry


Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen.



Master
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since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867
Boston, MA
2 posted 2001-01-02 02:27 PM


Thanks Kethry!

Check out my poetry here:


http://www.unknownpoets.com/db/authors/master


Master
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since 1999-08-18
Posts 1867
Boston, MA
3 posted 2001-01-02 06:30 PM


I've made a few changes to this one, I hope it sounds better now...

Check out my poetry here:


http://www.unknownpoets.com/db/authors/master


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