Innokenty Annensky

Among the worlds, in glimmering of stars,
The single Star is ever my attraction…
Not ‘cause I’d so loved Her so far,
But ‘cause I live with others with aversion.

And if my doubts were an awful plight, 
I just from Her wait for the final answers,
Not ‘cause She sends to me the saving light,
But ‘cause with Her I can live and in darkness. 


Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, February, 2001