In the haze your image
Trembled; it troubled
And eluded me: mistakenly
I said, ‘Good God!’The name of the Lord — a large bird –
Flew from my breast.
In front: a swirl of mist.
Behind: the empty cage.
– Osip Mandelshtam
In the haze your image
Trembled; it troubled
And eluded me: mistakenly
I said, ‘Good God!’The name of the Lord — a large bird –
Flew from my breast.
In front: a swirl of mist.
Behind: the empty cage.
– Osip Mandelshtam
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