Anna Akhmatova ( 8 of 8 )
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.
Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free.
Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I read more
Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.
I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured read more
I should be proud to have my memory graced, but only if the monument be placed... here, where I endured three hundred hours in line before the implacable iron bars.
If someone someday in this countryDecides to raise a memorial to me,I give my consent to this festivityBut only on read more
If someone someday in this countryDecides to raise a memorial to me,I give my consent to this festivityBut only on this condition - do not build itBy the sea where I was born,I have severed my last ties with the sea...
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor read more
No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.
If someone someday in this country Decides to raise a memorial to me, I give my consent to this festivity read more
If someone someday in this country Decides to raise a memorial to me, I give my consent to this festivity But only on this condition - do not build it By the sea where I was born, I have severed my last ties with the sea...
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.
