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Boris Pasternak - Spring Shower
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Winked to the birdcherry, gulped amid tears, 
Splashed over carriages` varnish, trees` tremble.
Full moon. The musicians are picking their way 
To the theatre. More and more people assemble.

Puddles on stone. Like a throat overfilled 
With tears are the roses, deep with wet scalding 
Diamonds. Showers of gladness thrill, 
Eyelashes, stormclouds, and roses enfolding. 

The moon for the first time is casting in plaster 
An epic poem uncast till today: 
The cordons, the flutter of dresses, the speaker 
And people enraptured and carried away. 

Whose is the heart whose whole blood shot to glory 
Drained from the cheeks? We are held in his grip. 
The hands of Kerensky are squeezing together 
Into a bunch our aortas and lips. 

This is not night, not rain, not a chorus 
Of tearing acclaim for him, swelled to a roar-
This is the blinding leap to the Forum 
From catacombs wanting an exit before. 

It is not roses, not Ups, not the roaring 
Crowd-it`s the surf on Theatre Square,
Marking the end of the long sleep of Europe, 
Proud of her own reawakening here.
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