A land not mine | A poem by Anna Akhmatova, 1964

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A land not mine | A poem by Anna Akhmatova, 1964

A land not mine, still
forever memorable,
the waters of its ocean
chill and fresh.

Sand on the bottom whiter than chalk,
and the air drunk, like wine,
late sun lays bare
the rosy limbs of the pinetrees.

Sunset in the ethereal waves:
I cannot tell if the day
is ending, or the world, or if
the secret of secrets is inside me again.

Anna Akhmatova, 1964 
Translated by Jane Kenyon

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