Anna Akhmatova Quote

I'd like to name the names of all that host
but they snatched up the list and now it's lost.
I've woven them a garment that's prepared
out of poor words, those that I overheard,
and will hold fast to every word and glance
all of my days, even in new mischance.

Requiem (1935–40) (translated by Stanley Kunitz and Max Hayward)

I'd like to name the names of all that host but they snatched up the list and now it's lost. I've woven them a garment that's prepared out of poor...

I'd like to name the names of all that host but they snatched up the list and now it's lost. I've woven them a garment that's prepared out of poor...

I'd like to name the names of all that host but they snatched up the list and now it's lost. I've woven them a garment that's prepared out of poor...

I'd like to name the names of all that host but they snatched up the list and now it's lost. I've woven them a garment that's prepared out of poor...