Poems by Vera Pavlova

Vera Pavlova

    If there is something to desire,
    there will be something to regret.
    If there is something to regret,
    there will be something to recall.
    If there is something to recall,
    there was nothing to regret.
    If there was nothing to regret,
    there was nothing to desire.

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    No love?  Let us make it!
    Done.  Next?  Let us make
    care, tenderness, courage,
    jealousy, satiety, lies.              

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    I broke your heart.
    Now barefoot I tread
    on shards.

      Translated from Russian  by Steven Seymour in collaboration with the author

    
Vera Pavlova - Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Gnessin Academy, specializing in history of music, and is the author of fourteen collections of poetry, four opera librettos, and lyrics to two cantatas. Her works have been translated into eighteen languages, and she is one of the bestselling poets in Russia. Vera Pavlova  in this issue... Tags: Thanal Online, web magazine dedicated for poetry and literature Vera Pavlova, Poems by Vera Pavlova
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