Saturday, April 3, 2010
In Hospital Comments
Rating: ★2.7
They stood, almost blocking the pavement,
As though at a window display;
The stretcher was pushed in position,
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Brian Jani
07 July 2014
what an amazing poem full of dramatic occurances.you depicted the situation clearly.
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7/30/2025 10:56:42 AM # 1.0.0
Oh heavens, what a faithful translation! I am so glad to have found this. I would hardly prefer the original, although in my native language - this version makes my eyes water just the same. Back in February, being in hospital with a rather unpleasant case of pneumonia, I could not get this poem out of my head for the whole week - it is just so beautiful and hopeful. Boris Leonidovitch had excelled himself.