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莱蒙托夫《乌黑的眼睛》

南方的明眸，乌黑的眼睛。

我从目光中阅读爱情；

自从我们相遇的那一刻，

你是我白天黑夜不落的星。

We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and “slipped the surly bonds of earth” to “touch the face of God.”