From the semi-dark hall

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From the semi-dark hall…
by Osip Mandelstam , translated by Dmitri Smirnov
From Stone (No. 3)[1]. In Russian: Из полутёмной залы, вдруг…


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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


Notes

  1. ↑ First printed in the 2nd edition of "Stone" (1916).
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