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Osip Mandelstam

TRISTIA

I learned the science of parting
In bareheaded complaints night .
Chew oxen , and lasts Waiting -
Last hour Vigilius urban
And I fear the rite of the cock of the night,
When lifting cargo traffic sorrow ,
Tearful eyes gazed into the distance
And a woman crying singing mingled with the music.

Who can know the word & quot; parting & quot;
What we have to separation ,
What we promise barnyard exclamation,
When the fire is lit in the acropolis ,
And at the beginning of some new life
When the passage is lazy ox chews
Why cock , herald a new life,
On the city wall has wings ?

And I love the custom of yarn:
Warp shuttle spindle buzzing.
Look forward, like a feather swan ,
Already barefoot Delia flies!
Oh, our lives meager foundation
Where as poor language of joy !
All were of old, all happen again ,
And sweet to us only a moment of recognition .

So be it : a transparent figure
On pure clay dish is ,
As a flattened squirrel pelt ,
Leaning over the wax , the girl looks .
We do not speculate about the Greek Erebus ,
Wax for women that men are copper.
We just fall in battle lots
And they were given wondering die.

1918