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