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The Writ
With writing's knife,
With words and breath,
I took my life
And wrote to death.
The writ was read
Out of the black
Then from the dead
Death wrote me back.
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Kevin Rainbow on 2021-10-03
Kevin Rainbow on 2021-10-03Послание
Со вздохом взяв
Перо-кинжал,
Я смерть призвал
И написал.
В немой дали,
Где света нет,
Письмо прочли,
Пришел ответ.
equirhythmic
poetic
rhyming
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This is a poetic translation - deviations from the meaning of the original are present (extra words, extra or omitted information, substituted concepts).
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SpeLiAm on 2021-11-09
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