Translation of a few lines from Akhmatova

[George Butchard]

Many thanks, Kevin.

Best regards,

George

On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Kevin Windle <Kevin.Windle at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> There is an English version in Vladimir Markov and Merrill Sparks, Modern
> Russian Poetry, Indianapolis 1966, p. 281.
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> And another on this site:
> http://www.kulichki.com/poems/Poets/aa/Rus/aa1e.html
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> Kevin Windle
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> Dear Seelangers,
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> Когда б вы знали, из какого сора
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> Растут стихи, не ведая стыда,
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> Как желтый одуванчик у забора,
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> Как лопухи и лебеда.
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> Many thanks,
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> George
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