Time & Brevity
Regret
Translated by Ivan Panin (1888) · From Poems (Panin, 1888)
Not ye regret I, of spring my years,
In dreams gone by of hopeless love;
Not ye regret I, O mysteries of nights.
By songstress passionate celebrated;
Not ye, regret I, O my faithless friends
Nor crowns of feasts, nor cups of circle,
Nor ye regret I, O traitresses young--
To pleasures melancholy stranger am I.
But where are ye, O moments tender
Of young my hopes, of heartfelt peace?
The former heat and grace of inspiration?
Come again, O ye, of spring my years!
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MLA
Pushkin, Alexander. “Regret.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/4/.
Chicago
Pushkin, Alexander. “Regret.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/4/.
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