Love

A Wish

by Alexander Pushkin 1799–1837

Translated by Ivan Panin (1888) · From Poems (Panin, 1888)

Love

Slowly my days are dragging
And in my faded heart each moment doubles
All the sorrows of hopeless love
And heavy craze upsets me.
But I am silent. Heard not is my murmur.
Tears I shed ... they are my consolation;
My soul in sorrow steeped
Finds enjoyment bitter in them.
O flee, life's dream, thee not regret I!
In darkness vanish, empty vision!
Dear to me is of love my pain,
Let me die, but let me die still loving!

MLA

Pushkin, Alexander. “A Wish.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/40/.

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Pushkin, Alexander. “A Wish.” Translated by Ivan Panin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pushkin/40/.

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