You Will Hear Thunder Comments
You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
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D.M. Thomas is the translator. " hasten to the heights" sounds very UN-russian. Too western, too baroque for A.A. I have a friend who is providing me with a more true translation for that bottom stanza.
What a nice ending, to remain with the lover you raised the heights great..0 And hasten to the heights that I have longed for, Leaving my shadow still to be with you.
This is from 'Moscow Trefoil', I think...I've always loved the power in Akhmatova's poems. They make me wish I could read Russian.
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7/21/2025 2:12:34 PM # 1.0.0
Scintillating and this poem contains such sweetness and honesty so pure, only AA could do that. TOP Marks and to my Favorites.