The wind has brought from afar a hint of a song of spring, somewhere a patch of sky has opened, bright and deep

The wind has brought from afar
A hint of a song of spring,
Somewhere, bright and deep,
A patch of sky has opened.
In this bottomless azure
In the twilight of approaching spring
The winter storms wept,
Starry dreams hovered.
Timidly, darkly and deeply
My strings wept.
The wind has brought from afar
Your resounding songs.

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Alexander Blok, 29 January 1901

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