A poem (Russian)

[Anna Rakityanskaya]

Andrei Voznesenskii, "Snachala":

...
vy proshloi liubvi ne gonite,
vy s nei postupite gumanno -
kak loshad' ee pristrelite.
Ne vyzhit'. Ne nado obmana.

(You can see the whole poem for example in "Vypusti ptitsu!",
"Sovremennik", 1974.)

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 Anna Rakityanskaya
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At 11:41 PM 10/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I hope somebody can help me recall the poem that I read, probably, about
>30 years ago from which I remember only three of of the four (I believe,
>last) lines:
>
>Vy ushedshej ljubvi ne zovite
>.............................
>Vy kak loshad' ejo pristrelite
>Net, ne vyshlo. Ne nado obmana.
>
>
>My recollection is that it was written by Andrej Voznesenskij.
>But if I am wrong then Evgenij Evtushenko comes on my mind.
>
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>
>
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