A. Vertisky/N. Gumilyov)

(Translated from Russian)



And then I dreamt that my heart does not ache anymore

It is a small bell, hanging in yellow china

On a slender pagoda it hangs and quietly chimes,

Teasing flocks of cranes in the enamel sky.



And modest girl in a dress of red silks with gold embroidered wasps,

Flowers and dragons-her legs tucked underneath her; quietly;

Without thoughts, without words;

Is attentively listening to this peaceful peaceful chiming.

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DON'T BLAME ME...

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Eric Wincentsen "Greetings from the Humungous-

267@ef.gc.maricopa.edu The Lord Humungous!"

Glendale Community College, -The Road Warrior

Glendale, Arizona

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