by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Tol'ko detskie knigi čitat'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tol'ko detskie knigi čitat',
Tol'ko detskie dumy lelejat',
Vse bol'šoe daleko razvejat',
Iz glubokoj pečali vosstat'.

JA ot žizni smertel'no ustal,
Ničego ot nee ne priemlju,
No ljublju moju bednuju zemlju
Ottogo, čto inoj ne vidal.

JA kačalsja v dalekom sadu
Na prostoj derevjannoj kačeli,
I vysokie temnye eli
Vspominaju v tumannom bredu.

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