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OMG I was really hoping it was Russian (but didn't think it was likely) because the poet I was just talking about is MARINA TSVETAEVA who originally writes in Russian! I still don't think I can justify trying to learn Russian to read her poems as originally written though. Here is one thing they said: "On the whole, the English versions are consciously less emphatic, less loudly-spoken, less violent, often less jolting and disturbing than the Russian originals." Also a lot of rhyme and meter is lost apparently. These qualities are all ones I prize in poems so I am sad they are lacking in the English versions. This is the poem (English version) that made me become interested in her poetry.