Anatoly Marienhof, 'Savage, Nomad Hordes'
Savage, Nomad Hordes
Savage, nomad hordes
Of Asia
Poured fire out of the vats!
Razin’s execution is avenged,
And Pugachov’s pain
Whose beard was torn away.
Hooves
Have broken
The scruff of the earth,
Cold with centuries,
And the supernal sky, like a stocking
With a hole in its heel
Has been taken out of the laundry-trough
Wholly clean.
By Anatoly Marienhof
Razin's Rebellion of 1670-71
Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773-75
Savage, nomad hordes
Of Asia
Poured fire out of the vats!
Razin’s execution is avenged,
And Pugachov’s pain
Whose beard was torn away.
Hooves
Have broken
The scruff of the earth,
Cold with centuries,
And the supernal sky, like a stocking
With a hole in its heel
Has been taken out of the laundry-trough
Wholly clean.
By Anatoly Marienhof
Razin's Rebellion of 1670-71
Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773-75