Velimir Chlebnikov: Wind is song

Velimir Chlebnikov

(Велимир Хлебников 1885-1922)

Wind is Song

Wind is song
Of whom and of what?
Of the sword’s longing
To be the word.
People cherish the day of death
Like a favorite daisy.
Believe that the strings of the great
Are strummed by the East these days.
Perhaps we’ll be given new pride
By the wizard of those shining mountains,
And I, of many souls captain,
Will wear a white snowcap of reason.

Velimir Chlebnikov poetry

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