Don’t Ask Me Why poem – Alexander Pushkin

A poem by Alexander Pushkin – Pouchkine, Pooshkin (1799-1837), in English translation

Don’t ask me why, alone in dismal thought,

In times of mirth, I’m often filled with strife,

And why my weary stare is so distraught,

And why I don’t enjoy the dream of life;

Don’t ask me why my happiness has perished,

Why I don’t love the love that pleased me then,

No longer can I call someone my cherished–

Who once felt love will never love again;

Who once felt bliss, no more will feel its essence,

A moment’s happiness is all that we receive:

From youth, prosperity and joyful pleasantry,

All that is left is apathy and grief…

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• English Poetry. William Barnes. Second Collection. The Heäre. Уильям Барнс. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Isaac Watts. Hymn 2. Исаак Уоттс. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Henry Livingston. To the Memory of Sarah Livingston. Генри Ливингстон. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Edna St. Vincent Millay. Assault. Эдна Сент-Винсент Миллей. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Lucy Maud Montgomery. As the Heart Hopes. Люси Мод Монтгомери. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Rupert Chawner Brooke. In Examination. Руперт Брук. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Percy Bysshe Shelley. Satan Broken Loose. Перси Биши Шелли. Тень Ада by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. David Herbert Lawrence. Whales Weep Not!. Дэвид Герберт Лоуренс. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Thomas Aird. The Devil’s Dream on Mount Aksbeck. Томас Эрд. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. George Eliot. How Lisa Loved the King. Джордж Элиот. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Charles Lockhart. Epistle to a Friend, with a Copy of Burns’s Letters. Чарльз Локкарт. Послание другу при возвращении ему томиков стихов Бернса by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Hark! A Voice Div­ides the Sky. Чарльз Уэсли. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Robert William Service. My Room. Роберт Уильям Сервис. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. John Townsend Trowbridge. Midwinter. Джон Таунсенд Троубридж. by Poetry In English
• English Poetry. Robert William Service. Dark Glasses. Роберт Уильям Сервис. by Poetry In English
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