[The word is burning and being dark]

Konstantin Vaginov‘s probably best-known poem – see the original.

Black is the infinite morning;
Like tears, street lights stand.
Purple, booming sounds
Are heard of a faraway dawn.

And the word burns and darkens
In the square before the window,
And birds are crowing and sailing
Over its black unconsciousness.

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