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Subject: This way I prayed
From: Ilya Shambat
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Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 22:43 UTC

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Subject: This way I prayed
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This way I prayed: "Slake the dumb thirst
Of singing with a sweet libation!"
But to the earthling of the earth
There can be no liberation.

Like smoke from sacrifice, that it could not
Fly Strength- and Glory-ward - alas -
But only clouded at the feet
And, as if praying, kissed the grass.

Thus I, O Lord, before thee bow:
Will reach the fire of the sky
My lashes that are closed for now
And muteness utter and divine?

By Anna Akhmatova
Translated from Russian by Ilya Shambat

Subject	Author
This way I prayed	Ilya Shambat

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