Osip Emilevich Mandelstam Sun Poems
1. This Night Is Irredeemable
This night is irredeemable.
Where you are, it is still bright.
At the gates of Jerusalem,
a black sun is alight.
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2. The Chalice Was Suspended In The Air
The chalice was suspended in the air
Like the golden sun for a splendid moment.
Here only Greek should be heard:
To take the whole world in your hands, like a simple apple.
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3. Brothers, Let Us Glorify Freedom-s Twilight
Brothers, let us glorify freedomâ??s twilight â??
the great, darkening year.
Into the seething waters of the night
heavy forests of nets disappear.
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4. Sisters
Sisters - Heaviness and Tenderness- you look the same.
Wasps and bees both suck the heavy rose.
Man dies, and the hot sand cools again.
Carried off on a black stretcher, yesterdayâ??s sun goes.
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5. In Petersburg We'll Meet Again
In Petersburg we'll meet again,
As though we'd buried the sun there,
And for the first time utter
The blessed, senseless word. ...
6. Tortoise
On the stony spurs of Pierius
The Muses conducted the first round dance
So like bees, blind lyrists might give us Ionic honey.
A great chill blew ...
7. Twilight Of Freedom
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Let us glorify, brothers, the twilight of freedom --
The great twilight year. ...
8. Go Back To The Tainted Lap, Leah
Go back to the tainted lap, Leah,
Whence you came,
Because to the sun of Ilion
You preferred yellow twilight. ...
9. Just For Joy, Take From My Palms
Just for joy, take from my palms
A little sun, a little honey,
As Persephone's bees commanded.
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Sun Poems by Osip Emilevich Mandelstam
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So many worlds, so much to do,
So little done, such things to be,
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For thou wert strong as thou wert true?
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