From the semi-dark hall, suddenly

From the semi-dark hall…  (1908)  by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Dmitri Smirnov

From Stone (No. 3). In Russian: Из полутёмной залы, вдруг…

* * * From the semi-dark hall, suddenly, You slipped out in a weightless shawl — We disturbed no one, We did not wake the sleeping servants… 1908

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