PoemWhite Night
Author / PoetAnna Akhmatova
TagsDoor, Hell, Sunset, Voice

I haven’t locked the door,
Nor lit the candles,
You don’t know, don’t care,
That tired I haven’t the strength
To decide to go to bed.
Seeing the fields fade in
The sunset murk of pine-needles,
And to know all is lost,

That life is a cursed hell:
I’ve got drunk
On your voice in the doorway.
I was sure you’d come back.

Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova
23 Jun 1889 - 5 Mar 1966
Region: Eastern Europe
Period: Modernist
Movement: Acmeism
Awards: Lenin Prize

more poems by Anna Akhmatova

Poem NameTopic
Grey-Eyed King (Another Translation)Autumn, King, Loss
March ElegyMemory, Treasures, Wandering
You Thought I Was That TypeBetrayal, Defiance, Finality
You Will Hear ThunderDeparture, Fire, Longing
You’ll live, but I’ll notDeath, Fate, Freedom
True TendernessDesire, Love, Silence
To The ManyForgetfulness, Love, Reflection
Sunshine Has Filled The RoomBirthday, Dreams, Snow
SolitudeMuse, Stones, Sunrise
Memory Of SunChange, Isolation, Memory

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