Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev Woman Poems
- 1. Dreams
By the hut, left by people and heaven,
Where the fenceâ??s black remnants are steeping,
The ragged beggar and black old raven,
Were discussing the dreams of the sleeping.
... - 2. Home
The merciless fire devoured
The house of my childhood games.
I needed to overcome sorrow,
... - 3. Poet
I heard from the garden a woman singing,
But I â?¦ I gazed at the moon.
My thoughts never wondered about that woman -
... - 4. Forest
In that magic forest, towering trees
Unexpectedly come forward from the haze.
Out of the earth, roots spring from other roots,
... - 5. The Sixth Sense
Fine is the wine that is in love with us,
The goodly bread we wait for from the oven,
And woman whom we have possessed, at last,
After we've suffered under yoke her own.
... - 6. Three Wives Of A Mandarin
Lawful wife.
There is still some wine left in the chalice,
And the plate thatâ??s served is nests of the swallows.
... - 7. Don Juan
My own dream is lofty, simple thing:
To seize the oar, put feet into the stirrups,
And to deceive the time, that slow tries to stir us,
By kissing lips, forever new and pink;
... - 8. To The People Of The Future
This single link was else respected
By people of the days that gone â??
Thereâ??s written on its tablet sacred
That Love and Life is one.
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