Osip Mandelstam — You are adorable

  You are adorable

  As you can be,

  Your hand's as white

  As snow to me.

  You're unapproachable,

  Far from the world,

  The whole of you

  Is unavoidable.

  You're unavoidable

  Just like your grief,

  your fingers, hands,

  Which never lose their warmth,

  The quiet tone,

  And cheerful, joyful way you speak,

  Your distant eyes, so meek.