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The Light Moscow Rain
| The Light Moscow Rain written by Osip Mandelstam |
| From "The Poems 1921-1925". Translated from Russian by Dmitri Smirnov. In English: Московский дождик (Мандельштам) | Link to further information |
The Light Moscow Rain
It gives away so scantily
Its weak sparrow chill –
A little to us, a little to the trees,
A little to the cherries on a tray.
And in the darkness the boiling grows –
A light fuss of tea leaves,
Like an airy ant-hill
Feasting in the dark verdures.
The vineyard of the fresh drops
Is stirring in the meadow:
As if the nest of the cold
Was appeared in web-footed Moscow.
1922
© Dmitri Smirnov, Translation. Can be reproduced if non commercial.