A. A. Akhmatova The Courage

We know what is set on a cast right now
And what’s going to happen today.
The moment of courage has already come
And courage will not go away.
Neither scare to die by catching a slug
Nor loosing one’s home is a sorrow.
We swear to save our great mother tongue,
The great Russian word for tomorrow.
We swear to carry it clear and sage,
To share with children, to rid from the cage.
Forever!