"A real scary video, Joan, but my nerves are made of straw. Glad the surgery went well! Yes, parsley fights inflammations, very good for you!
What a good picture of Ian, you look well!
And this is to wave goodbye as I'm off to the Vesuvius…"
So Much To Do Today, by Anna Akhmatova
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on -
Amazing how so much can be said with so little.
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Permalink Reply by Michael OL on -
This stanza is part of a slightly longer poem, "The Sentencing".
Here is my attempt at a literal translation, without rhyme (Russian speakers can find the original at http://er3ed.qrz.ru/achmatova.htm):
The word of stone came crashing down
Upon my yet as living breast.
No matter, as I have been prepared,
And shall find some means of tolerating this.
Today I must accomplish many things:
To complete the task of deadening memory,
To render my soul into stone,
To relearn how to live.
But something else… the heated rustle of summer
As if a celebration outside of my window.
I have long ago foreseen this
Bright day and deserted house.
This was written in 1939. It could be representative of melancholy over the 1937 purges, or there could be a simpler explanation, such as abandonment by a lover. Really, the sensations are quite similar.
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Permalink Reply by Dallas the Phallus on
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Thanks for the info Michael.
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