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...and a Merry Russian Christmas 2003 to all of you...

 

In the spirit of the season, please enjoy Dr. Dzho-Anna Poppadomova's latest anguished Christmas plea.

Damn you, Masha!






A Russian Christmas

 

Masha, come home to me.
It is rozhdestvo*
The pirozhki** and the samovar***
Like me
Are hot for you.

Masha, do not turn away
Your bright eyes and your black hair
In your blood-red headscarf.
Mat’- Rossiya**** calls you home.

 

And in the gingerbread-sweet izba*****
Two fires burn for you.
One in the grate
The other in my heart.


* Christmas (Russ.)
** Little Russian pies (Russ.)
*** Russian kettle (Russ.)
**** Mother Russia (Russ.)
***** Little wooden house (Russ.)



 






 


 





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