Requiem

[Yog]

I just discovered "Requiem" by Anna Akhmatova recently. This is definitely one of my favorite series of poems in recent memory. It's long but definitey worth a look.

http://www.poetryloverspage.com/poets/akhmatova/akhmatova_ind.html

Hmmm just read over this version. I must say I like the translation I read the first time better than this one but it'll do until I can find a better one.

[madkill]

Again a memorial hour is near,
I can now see you and feel you and hear:

Those two opening lines are just Gold.
And these two ending lines are just as.

And let a jail dove coo in somewhat afar
And let the mute ships sail along the Neva.