poem of the week: the admiralty by osip mandelstam, translated by yuri drobyshev and carol rumens /

A poem about the most pleasing city in the world,and an example of the precise demands of translationThe AdmiraltyIn the Northern capital, dusty populus, and
Sighing,mantles the time’s transparency,
And, or through green shaded,a frigate or an acropolis,
Brother to water and sky, or glows distantly.
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Source: theguardian.com