by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

A, ty' dumal – ya tozhe takaya
Language: Russian (Русский) 
A, ty' dumal – ya tozhe takaya,
Chto mozhno zaby't` menya,
I chto broshus`, molya i ry'daya.
Pod kopy'ta gnedogo konya.

Ili stanu prosit` u znaxarok
V nagovornoj vode koreshok
I prishlyu tebe strashny'j podarok –
Moj zavetny'j dushisty'j platok.

Bud` zhe proklyat. Ni stonom, ni vzglyadom
Okayannoj dushi ne kosnus`,
No klyanus` tebe angel`skim sadom,
Chudotvornoj ikonoj klyanus`
I nochej nashix plamenny'x chadom –
YA k tebe nikogda ne vernus`.

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