The Muse By Anna Akhmatova
...THE MUSE by Anna Akhmatova
This is my English translation of a Russian poem by Anna Akhmatova…
The MUSE
by Anna Akhmatova
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
My being hang...
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Categories:
russian translation, muse, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Marina Tsvetaeva Translations
...I Know The Truth
by Marina Tsvetaeva
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
I know the truth?abandon lesser truths!
There's no need for anyone living to struggle!
See? Evening falls, night quic...
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Categories:
russian translation, love, poems, poetess, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Persistence of a Memory of Apricot Shampoo
...The Persistence of a Memory of Apricot Shampoo
by Michael R. Burch
For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved...
and yet I hold her close within my thought...
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Categories:
russian translation, desire, hair, longing, love,
Form: Sonnet
Alexander Pushkin Translation: I Loved You
...I Loved You
by Alexander Pushkin
English translation by Michael R. Burch
I loved you ... perhaps I love you still ...
perhaps for a while such emotions may remain.
But please don’t let my feel...
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Categories:
russian translation, absence, break up, divorce,
Form: Quatrain
The Peripheries of Love
...The Peripheries of Love
by Michael R. Burch
Through waning afternoons we glide
the watery peripheries of love.
A silence, a quietude falls.
Above us—the sagging pavilions of clouds.
Below u...
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Categories:
russian translation, allegory, allusion, analogy, boat,
Form: Free verse
Vera Pavlova Translations
...Vera Pavlova English Translations of Russian Poems
I shattered your heart;
now I limp through the shards
barefoot.
—Vera Pavlova, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Winter...
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Categories:
russian translation, autumn, seasons, spring, summer,
Form: Free verse
For All That I Remembered
...For All That I Remembered
by Michael R. Burch
For all that I remembered, I forgot
her name, her face, the reason that we loved ...
and yet I hold her close within my thought:
I feel the burnis...
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Categories:
russian translation, desire, dream, memory, remember,
Form: Sonnet
Muse - Unintended Russian Translation By Maryna Tchianova
...Muse - Unintended - ??????? ?? ???????/Muse Unintended Russian translation
You could be my unintended
Choice to live my life extended
You could be the one I'll always love
You could be the on...
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Categories:
russian translation, lost love, music, philosophy,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Kill Bill
...Hydro bill
Visa bill
Food bill
Toilet paper bill
Heating bill
Wine bill
Car bill
Phone bill
Clothing bill
Duck bill
Buffalo bill
Entertainment bill
Anti acids tablets bill
Insurance bill...
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Categories:
russian translation, art, evil, funny, giggle,
Form: Free verse