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Subject: This way I prayed
From: Ilya Shambat
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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 21:42 UTC

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Subject: This way I prayed
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Alsu Valeeva singing my translation

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
https://sites.google.com/site/ibshambat

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This way I prayed	Ilya Shambat

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