by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Tol`ko detskie knigi chitat`
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tol`ko detskie knigi chitat`,
Tol`ko detskie dumy' leleyat`,
Vse bol`shoe daleko razveyat`,
Iz glubokoj pechali vosstat`.

YA ot zhizni smertel`no ustal,
Nichego ot nee ne priemlyu,
No lyublyu moyu bednuyu zemlyu
Ottogo, chto inoj ne vidal.

YA kachalsya v dalekom sadu
Na prostoj derevyannoj kacheli,
I vy'sokie temny'e eli
Vspominayu v tumannom bredu.

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