Langxiang Pushkin’s “Message to Siberia,” translated by Max Eastman:
Deep in the Siberian mine,
Keep your patience proud;
The bitter toil shall not be lost,
The rebel thought unbowed.
The sister of misfortune, Hope,
In the under-darkness dumb
Speaks joyful courage to your heart:
The day desired will come.
And love and friendship pour to you
Across the darkened doors,
Even as round your galley-beds
My free music pours.
The heavy-hanging chains will fall,
The walls will crumble at a word;
And Freedom greet you in the light,
And brothers give you back the sword.
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