Pain – has an Element of Blank –
It cannot recollect
When it begun – or if there were
A time when it was not –
It has no Future – but itself –
Its Infinite contain
Its Past – enlightened to perceive
New Periods – of Pain.
Emily Dickinson
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Ó áîëè ïàìÿòü òàê ìàëà-
Îíà íå ìîæåò âñïîìíèòü
Êîãäà è ãäå, çà÷åì áûëà
È áûëî ëü ÷òî-òî êðîìå?
È áóäóùåãî ëèøåíà-
Ÿ æå ñîäåðæàíüå
è ïðîøëîå ïðîñâåùåíî-
êàê ïðèíèìàòü ñòðàäàíüÿ.
Ïåðåâ¸ë Ãðîññ Ý., íîÿáðü-äåêàáðü 2020