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# Maximilian Voloshin's poem on the meaning of existence, written in Koktebel in August 1912
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- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:51:41.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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So strangely freely and simply  
The meaning of being is revealed to me,  
And what lies hidden in the seed of "I",  
And the secret of blossoming and growth.  
In the plant and in the stone, everywhere,  
In the water, in the clouds above the mountains,  
And in the beast, and in the blue star  
I hear the singing flame.

*Literal translation*

**Maximilian Voloshin**, **August 1912, Koktebel**