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lettre no. 34

April 5, 2026 Kathryn Carter
 
 

You are untranslatable

Abused, praised,

Your voice is wild and simple.

You—are untranslatable

Into any one tongue.

You will pass into oblivion

Like people entering a temple.

I bless

You for this.

— Anna Akhmatova (1963)

 
 

Text source: Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova, translated by Judith Hemschemeyer and edited by Roberta Reeder. Image source: CANCER Anna Akhmatova astrology profile by Stellar Unfolding.

 
 
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