by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Tol'ko detskije knigi chitat'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Tol'ko detskije knigi chitat',
Tol'ko detskije dumy lelejat',
Vse bol'shoje daleko razvejat',
Iz glubokoj pechali vosstat'.

Ja ot zhizni smertel'no ustal,
Nichego ot neje ne prijemlju,
No ljublju moju bednuju zemlju
Ottogo, chto inoj ne vidal.

Ja kachalsja v dalekom sadu
Na prostoj derevjannoj kacheli,
I vysokije temnye jeli
Vspominaju v tumannom bredu.

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