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"God, give us a long winter

and quiet music, and patient mouths,

and a little pride -- before

our age ends.

Give us astonishment

and a flame, high, bright."

A Flame
by Adam Zagajewski
translated by Clare Cavanagh

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Weary of all who come with words, words but no language
I make my way to the snow-covered island.
The untamed has no words.
The unwritten pages spread out on every side!
I come upon the tracks of deer in the snow.
Language but no words.

From March 1979
by Tomas Tranströmer,
Translated by Robin Fulton

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To find in the forest’s heart a home,
Night’s never-ending hum,
Thriving on meadowsweet, mint, and time.

The Necklace by Osip Mandelstam,
translated by Christian Wiman
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