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'''IV'''
 
The tiny appendage of the sixth sense,  
The tiny appendage of the sixth sense,  
The pineal eye of the lizard,  
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Like the message put in your hand  
Like the message put in your hand  
That you have to answer right away.  
That you have to answer right away.  
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''May 1932, Moscow''
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Revision as of 12:14, 17 June 2008

← O butterfly, O Moslem-woman Octets (IV) ~ The tiny appendage of the sixth sense…
written by Osip Mandelstam
Overcoming the firmness of nature →
From Moscow Notebooks.See also Poems. Translated from Russian by Dmitri Smirnov. In Russian: Шестого чувства крошечный придаток. Link to further information


IV


The tiny appendage of the sixth sense,
The pineal eye of the lizard,
The monasteries of snails and shells,
Or the gabble of the gleaming eyelids, —
The unreachable — it is so close!
You can’t unfasten or observe it,
Like the message put in your hand
That you have to answer right away.


May 1932, Moscow


Notes


© Dmitri Smirnov, translation. Can be reproduced if non-commercial.