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Vera Pavlova

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A weight on my back

A weight on my back,
a light in my womb.
Stay longer in me,
take root.
When you are on top of me,
I feel triumphant and proud,
as if I were carrying you
out of a city under siege.

last op de rug

last op de rug
de schoot vol gloed
ga nog niet uit mij weg
schiet wortel voorgoed
als ik onder je lig graag
triomfantelijk meen ik dat
ik jou wegdraag
uit een belegerde stad

тяжесть на спине
свет в лоне
побудь подольше во мне
пусти корни
когда я под тобой лежу
торжествующе гордо
мне кажется я тебя выношу
из осаждённого городa

From: Письма в соседнюю комнату: 1001 признание в люk
Publisher: AST Publishing House, Moscow

Vera Pavlova

(USSR, 1963)

Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow. She studied at the Schnittke Academy of Music, sang in a church choir, majored in the history of music, and three years later launched her literary career with revealing poems that confronted many readers with repressed memories, concealed experiences and latent longings. Pavlova’s poetic persona put an end to the acute division that had previously been prevalen...

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A weight on my back

A weight on my back,
a light in my womb.
Stay longer in me,
take root.
When you are on top of me,
I feel triumphant and proud,
as if I were carrying you
out of a city under siege.

A weight on my back

A weight on my back,
a light in my womb.
Stay longer in me,
take root.
When you are on top of me,
I feel triumphant and proud,
as if I were carrying you
out of a city under siege.