From a fearful height, a wandering light,
but does a star glitter like this, crying?
Transparent star, wandering light
your brother, Petropolis, is dying.
From a fearful height, earthly dreams are alight,
and a green star is crying.
Oh star, if you are the brother of water and light,
your brother, Petropolis, is dying.
A monstrous ship, from a fearful height,
is rushing on, spreading its wings, flying.
Green star, in beautiful poverty,
your brother, Petropolis, is dying.
Transparent spring has broken, above the black Neva-s hiss
the wax of immortality is liquefying.
Oh if you are star - your city, Petropolis,
your brother, Petropolis, is dying.
Petropolis
Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
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Poem topics: beautiful, city, poverty, spring, water, broken, black, green, light, fearful, I love you, I miss you, brother, star, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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