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From the semi-dark hall… (1908)
by Osip Mandelstam, translated by Dmitri Smirnov

From Stone (No. 3). First printed in the 2nd edition of "Stone" (1916). In Russian: Из полутёмной залы, вдруг…

Osip Mandelstam258580From the semi-dark hall…1908Dmitri Smirnov

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From the semi-dark hall, suddenly,
You slipped out in a weightless shawl —
We disturbed no one,
We did not wake the sleeping servants…


1908


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