Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | III. Adversity | | The Last Leaf | | Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) |
| | From the Russian by John Pollen
Ya Perezhil Svoï Zhelanya |
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I ’VE overlived aspirings, | |
| My fancies I disdain; | |
| The fruit of hollow-heartedness, | |
| Sufferings alone remain. | |
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| ’Neath cruel storms of Fate | 5 |
| With my crown of bay, | |
| A sad and lonely life I lead, | |
| Waiting my latest day. | |
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| Thus, struck by latter cold | |
| While howls the wintry wind, | 10 |
| Trembles upon the naked bough | |
| The last leaf left behind. | | | |
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