Because You Loved Me

I only sing because you loved me
in the past years.
And in sun, in summer’s prediction
and in rain, in snow,
I only sing because you love me.

Only because you held me in your arms
a night and you kissed me on the mouth,
only for this I’m like a wide open lily
and I still have a shiver in my soul,
only because you held me in your arms.

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A. Akhmatova: De profundis... (1944)

Anna Akhmatova

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De profundis... My poor generation
Little honey have tasted. And here
Only winds howl in long separation,
Only memories of dead ones bear.
Our deeds were not fully completed,
Our hours were all counted and done,
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