Translation of a few lines from Akhmatova

[Kevin Windle]

There is an English version in Vladimir Markov and Merrill Sparks, Modern Russian Poetry, Indianapolis 1966, p. 281.



And another on this site: http://www.kulichki.com/poems/Poets/aa/Rus/aa1e.html



Kevin Windle



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Sent: Friday, 25 July 2014 5:31 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Translation of a few lines from Akhmatova



Dear Seelangers,



Does anyone have to hand a good translation of the following lines from Akhmatova's poem "Мне ни к чему одические рати" - "I have no use for regimental odes" from "Secrets of the Craft" (1940).



They've cropped up in a text I'm working on at the moment, but I don't have a copy of Akhmatova in English.



Когда б вы знали, из какого сора

Растут стихи, не ведая стыда,

Как желтый одуванчик у забора,

Как лопухи и лебеда.



Many thanks,



George



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