the sun is new in my body

It’s true I always hated it 

When people pitied me. 

But you felt pity, stated it – 

The sun is new in my body 

That is why dawn is everywhere. 

I can do miracles here and there, 

That’s why! 

 

[Anna Akhmatova {1889-1960}, 3 from 'Cinque', in Poems, translated by Lyn Coffin]