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.