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Peter Borkowicz's avatar

The notion of love, but do not touch, of passion but stay away, feels very familiar to me who was raised by a Russian grandmother. Thanks for this.

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Diana Melrose's avatar

I love this poem too. Of all poems I've read by Tsvetaeva, this one impressed me the most.

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Peter Borkowicz's avatar

Thanks for translating it! It obviously was a labour of love.

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Diana Melrose's avatar

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I like the poem so much that I wanted to make it available for more people. Thinking about translating some more poems in the future.

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