Dmitri Kedrin

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Dmitri Kedrin (Russian:Кедрин, Дмитрий Борисович) (22.1(4.2).1907-18.9.1945) - a Russian Soviet poet. He died in railway-related accident (had been struck by commuter train). Some charge that this accident was murder^{[citation needed]}. The following example of his work was translated by Wikipedia editor Vald.

Confession.

"See, child, into my eyes, 
do not hide your face in your hands.
Believe, the child: 
that the eyes of priest 
are opened all the hearts.

Your soul is full of sin, 
Itself flies into the fire. 
Endow the litre of the wine to church 
And God forgive your sins.

1926, Ekaterinoslav.

[edit] External links

• Dmitri Kedrin's Poems (russ)