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Marina Tsvetaeva

“Кто уцелел — умрёт, кто мёртв — воспрянет.
И вот потомки, вспомнив старину:
— Где были вы? — Вопрос как громом грянет,
Ответ как громом грянет: — На Дону!

— Что делали? — Да принимали муки,
Потом устали и легли на сон.
И в словаре задумчивые внуки
За словом: «долг» напишут слово: «Дон».

30 марта 1918


Those spared - will die, those fallen - rise from under.
Then come the sons, remembering days far gone: - And where were you? - the words will roll like thunder,
The answer roll like thunder: - On the Don!

- What did you do? - We bore with grief and cruelty,
Then laid us down to sleep, our last strength gone.
And in the dictionary, over Duty,
The grandsons, looking back, will write: the Don.

Marina Tsvetaeva, The Demesne of the Swans
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The Demesne of the Swans The Demesne of the Swans by Marina Tsvetaeva
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