Will carry off all human deeds
And sink into oblivion
All peoples, kingdoms and their kings.
And if there's something that remains
Through sounds of horn and lyre,
It too will disappear into the maw of time
And not avoid the common fate.
Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (1743 - 1816) Russia
Translated by A. Wachtel, I. Kutik and M. Denner
Source: From the Ends to the Beginning: A Bilingual Anthology of Russian Poetry
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