HE LIVED SO LITTLE
by Nikolai Morshen (translated by Bradley Jordan)
He lived so little: only forty years.
In words like these there’s not an ounce of truth.
He saw two wars, a coup d'état,
six governments, three famines,
four leaders, two true loves.
In terms of years – that makes about 500.
by Nikolai Morshen (translated by Bradley Jordan)
He lived so little: only forty years.
In words like these there’s not an ounce of truth.
He saw two wars, a coup d'état,
six governments, three famines,
four leaders, two true loves.
In terms of years – that makes about 500.
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