And the toothed paw of the maple

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From Moscow Notebooks. See also Poems. Translated from Russian by Dmitri Smirnov. In Russian: И клёна зубчатая лапа.

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VIII. And the toothed paw of the maple Bathes in the round angles, We can from the butterflies of flecks To compose figures on the walls. 5 There are some mosques living, And I understood this right now: That perhaps, we — Hagia Sophia with the countless set of eyes. November 1933 — January 1934, Moscow

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