217 Quotes by Anna Akhmatova

On Hemingway: Have you noticed how lonely all people in his works are - no relatives, no family?

I know: yes, no, even I must tear offThe delicate daisy petals.Everyone on earth is destined to feelThe torments of love.

Forgive me that I ignored the sun And that I lived in sorrow.

Yellow and fresh are the lanterns,Black is the road of the garden at sea.I am very calm. Only please, do notTalk about him with me.You're tender and loyal, we'll be friends..Have fun, kiss, together grow old..And light months above us will fly like feathers,Like stars made of snow and as cold.

আমি স্বপ্ন দেখিকালো আর স্হায়ী বিচ্ছেদতোমার সঙ্গে সমানভাবে ভাগাভাগি করে নিইকেনই বা কাঁদা ? আমাকে তোমার হাত ধরতে দাও,কথা দাও তুমি আবার আসবে ।তুমি আর আমি যেন উঁচুপর্বতমালা আর পরস্পরের কাছাকাছি যেতে পারি না ।কেবল বার্তা পাঠিওমাঝরাতে কোনো সময়ে নক্ষত্রদের দিয়ে ।

How I love, how I loved to stareAt the ironclad shores,On the balcony, where foreverNo foot stepped, not mine, not yours.And in truth you are -- a capitalFor the mad and luminous us;But when over Nieva sailThose special, pure hoursAnd the winds of May fly overYou past the iron beamsYou are like a dying sinnerSeeing heavenly dreams...

Song falls silent, music is dumb,But the air burns with their fragrance,And white winter, on its knees,Observes everything with reverent attention.

Lying in me, as though it were a white Stone in the depths of a well, is one Memory that I cannot, will not, fight: It is happiness, and it is pain. Anyone looking straight into my eyes Could not help seeing it, and could not fail To become thoughtful, more sad and quiet Than if he were listening to some tragic tale. I know the gods changed people into things, Leaving their consciousness alive and free.To keep alive the wonder of suffering, You have been metamorphosed into me.

Oh, there are unrepeated words,Who ever said wasted more than he should.Inexhaustible only is the blueOf sky and generosity of God.