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.
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• 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
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• 7. Twilight Of Freedom
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  Let us glorify, brothers, the twilight of freedom --
  The great twilight year.
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• 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.
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• 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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