Marina Tsvetaeva - You will go to the sunny westwa

                To Alexander Blok

You will go to the sunny westward
You will see in  the evening glow
You  will go to the sunny westward
And your footsteps will melt in the snow.

By my window you’ll pass – impassive –
Through a silent snow -  your sight
God-like righteous, god-like creature,
Of my soul -  the only delight 

I don’t ask for your soul, my dearest –
Indestructible your path.
In your palm being paled by kisses
I won’t nail, my love, with my love 

I won’t call you by name, my sweetheart, 
I won’t reach out to you an arm -
To your saint-like and wax appearance
I will only bow from afar

And in snow that is gently falling
I will kneel in the very snow,
In the name of your sainthood holy
I’ll be kissing the evening glow –

Where you tread with a kingly posture 
In a solemn and silent stroll -
Silent light – sacred fame – for ever -
The Almighty God of my soul.

1916
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2 мая 1916