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    From Ilya Shambat@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 26 15:26:30 2023
    Upon the swan pond maple leaves
    Are fully gathered already,
    And bloodied are the branches dark
    Of slowly blooming quicken-tree.

    Blindingly elegant is she,
    Crossing her legs that don't feel cold
    Upon the northern stone sits she
    And calmly looks upon the road.

    I felt the gloomy, dusky fear
    Before this woman of delight
    As on her shoulders played alone
    The rays of miserable light.

    And how could I forgive her yet
    Your shining praise by love deluded
    Look, she is happily in rue,
    And so well-dressedly denuded.

    By Anna Akhmatova
    Translated from Russian by Ilya Shambat

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