Tag: soul
member name: Svetlana Goryacheva
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June 28, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you
Matthew 7:7
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.
Søren . . .
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September 30, 2008 06:59 AM EDT --
One of my best efforts, IMO - enjoy! ;-)
Golden Fall has come to Moscow ....
We also call this unique season of year "Babie leto" - our Russian analogue of "Indian . . .
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October 06, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
No, my dear friends, contrary to what you may think, this is not another version of John Lennon's immortal hit. ;-) This is my own and rather free English rendering of a song from one of . . .
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October 25, 2008 08:57 AM EDT --
Knock-knock...
- "Who are you?"
- "Your very first love, my dear girl. Remember me?... Remember how once I burst into your life like a gust of May wind, among all the storms . . .
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January 14, 2009 10:18 AM EST --
…I dream
Of life so sumptuous, so abundant
That every breath
Of it is blessed with heavens’ kiss.
I dream
Of world so vivid and exuberant, . . .
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September 21, 2008 09:10 AM EDT --
. .. Written in the heated August 2008.
What I can give to you?...
What I can give to you,
My remote dear friend?
Russian lullaby’s smooth flow,
Tender stroke . . .
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November 03, 2008 10:50 AM EST --
The famous Russian-Jewish writer Sholom-Aleichem (1859 - 1916) once noticed (in "Stempenyu") that human heart in general, and especially Jewish heart is very much like a violin - . . .
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November 14, 2008 07:01 PM EST --
The following is my humble poetic attempt to render into English one of the most touching episodes from the first known literary masterpiece of ancient Russian literature, The Tale of Igor's Campaign. . . .
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December 26, 2008 10:18 AM EST --
…For so many eons
People have been trying
To unveil the Great Mystery,
The mystery of Love.
For so many centuries
Bards and troubadours . . .
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January 20, 2009 07:30 AM EST --
Whenever I question the power of dream,
Love is the answer.
Whenever I fear to swim against the stream,
Life is the answer.
Whenever I waver on . . .
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October 28, 2008 08:56 PM EDT --
This poem (initially written in Russian) is dedicated, of course, not as much to the historical Cyrano de Bergerac (6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655), a French writer, dramatist and duelist, as to the immortal . . .
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June 23, 2008 01:23 PM EDT --
To C. P.
I've kept them all, printed, collected and preserved intact - here, in the folder for papers which, as the time passed, has become incredibly fat. I've lost count just how . . .
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July 20, 2008 09:55 AM EDT --
(It is only too true that the most important things in our life can't be seen by eyes and can't be adequately expressed in words. The following is just another attempt to describe the indescribable . . .
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October 02, 2008 06:43 AM EDT --
On September, 30 (new style), Russian Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the Holy Martyresses Vera (Faith), Nadezhda (Hope), Lyubov (Love) and their mother, Saint Sophia (Wisdom).
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October 04, 2008 06:41 AM EDT --
Maybe one sunny day
I'll be holding your hand,
Walking with you across
Noisy Moscow streets
With their old mansions,
Poplars shedding seed tufts,
Puddles reflecting the . . .
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October 08, 2008 07:10 AM EDT --
This little piece was inspired by the recent discussion with my dear friend Ann M. regardind dreams and their meaning. For the whole thread, see: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977446259 . . .
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October 18, 2008 07:30 AM EDT --
Slowly and gently, Night walks like a fairy,
In dark cloak and silver-strewn gloves.
Listen to squawks of the seagulls soaring,
Sleep well, my far-away love...
Quietly . . .
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November 24, 2008 04:30 PM EST --
The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit (John 3:8; NRSV) . . .
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December 05, 2008 03:18 PM EST --
Sei Shōnagon ( 清少 納 言 ), ( c.966 -1017) was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi /Empress Sadako around the year 1000 during . . .
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January 05, 2009 02:45 PM EST --
Among all the storms and tempests,
Among all the wars and conflicts
That even now threat to rend
Our little blue planet apart,
Among all the . . .
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