“Thinking of the sun makes
my heart beat faster — too fast!
What darkness!
From this night winter begins.”

— Anna Akhmatova

Variant translations:
Memory of sun fades in my heart
What is this? Darkness? Maybe! —
During the night comes
winter.
"Memory of the Sun" (alternate translation by Paula Goodman)
Thinking Of The Sun (1911)

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Russian modernist poet 1889–1966

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