Alexander Blok - All valor I forgot and noble deeds

All valor I forgot and noble deeds

All valor I forgot and noble deeds
And glory on this grief-filled earth,
While in a simple frame your face
Glowed before me on the desk.

The hour arrived, you left the house.
I flung the cherished ring into the night.
You pledged yourself to someone else,
And I forgot your lovely face.

The days flew by, a cursed swirling swarm...
Liquor and passion tortured my existence...
I recollected you inside the church,
Called out to you as I would to my youth...

I called. You would not look around,
I wept, but you were pitiless.
Sadly you wrapped yourself in a sky blue cloak
Went out the door into the damp night.

I do not know, my sweet and tender one
Where you found shelter for your pride...
I sleep quite soundly, and I dream about the cloak
You wore, as you went out into the night...

I dream no more of tenderness or glory,
They all have passed, my youth is gone!
With my own hand I've taken off my desk
Your face, inside its simple frame.