Amid our hypocritical affairs and all kinds of matters, pla… - Nikolay Nekrasov

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Amid our hypocritical affairs
and all kinds of matters, platitudinous and prosaic,
the only sacred and sincere tears I have observed
are the tears of unfortunate mothers.
For them to forget their children slain in battle
is as impossible as for a weeping willow
to lift its drooping branches.

Nikolay Nekrasov

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Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (Russian: Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов; 10 December [O.S. 28 November] 1821 – 8 January 1878 [O.S. 27 December 1877]) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publisher.

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Native Name: Николай Алексѣевичъ Некрасовъ

Alternative Names: Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov • Nikolay A. Nekrasov • Nikolai Alekseyevich Nekrasov • Nikolái Alexéievich Nekrásov

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Тяжёлый крест достался ей на долю:
Страдай, молчи, притворствуй и не плачь;
Кому и страсть, и молодость, и волю —
Всё отдала, — тот стал ее палач!

Thou art so pitiful,
Poor, and so sorrowful,
Yet of great treasure full,
Mighty, all-powerful,
Russia, my Mother!

Ты и убогая,
Ты и обильная,
Ты и забитая,
Ты и всесильная,
Матушка-Русь!

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