To the muse

"Did you dictate to Danto
 Pages of Hell? "Answers:" Me! "

 1924

 Anna Akhmatova

 To the muse ...

 The soul languishes as if in exile.
 Sweet languor or punishment?
 Oh, this autumn is a charmer,
 Oh, this sweet, autumn time.
 Is love a triumph
 or frivolity,
 so according to custom
 the harlot grimaces.

 Harrowing for the glory of the muse
 or empty graphomania?
 To create or not to create?
 I'll ask myself the question myself.
 Or send to hell?

 Oh endless
 souls bathing in blood,
 sometimes banal
 sometimes like a lingering drunkenness.

 Impudence ?!
 Or drown the womb in the manifestations,
 For the glory of eternal impermanence.

 But still look closely,
 Oh if you look closely
 To listen to the desire of the heart

 - to dream,
                - to create,
                - endure,

 burn in the fire of passions!

 Or warm yourself in the cold,
 And let others keep warm.
 In the fire of passions
 To dissolve in languor or in a sweet dream.

 But the breath of the wind of sweet ideas
 Comes silently at night, by the window,
 - again she ...

 I remember deshabille,
 Ghost dress
 there were almost no clothes on.

 Was there a Muse?
 Do I believe now?
 I am waiting for her appearance.

 Oh, how sweet nights I did.
 Escaped from slavery, the kingdom of dreams.

 Desire her to a frenzy
 Like a crime
 - I gave everything ...

 Just to taste the forbidden fruit
 and with a bitter taste of ink
 - Created,
                - created,
                what was the strength.

 He prayed for only one thing:
 - Appear ...
 Oh fate, you are with me

                - mine,
                - I pray
                stripped today!

 - And inspired by passion and desire.

 I pray - hear me
                - heed my pleas!

 - And she was!

 And the lines flew to the pages like birds!

 Poems were born
         like a wave at sea
                and to the sandy shore

 Sweet line

 - poured,
                - poured,
                - poured!

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 #aristokraft
 Photo: Anastasia
 Model: Anastasia Padma