The Dagger Poem by Mikhail Lermontov

Yes, I like you, my knife of damask pledge,
My friend so bright and so cold,
A thoughtful Georgian forged you for his revenge,
A free Circassian then sharpened for a row.

You had been trusted me by lily-like a hand -
A sign for memory - in time of separation,
And now no blood has dripped from you on land,
But crystal tears - the pearls of depravation.

And looking strait at me, the black and immense eyes,
Filled to their rims with the mysterious woe,
Like your reflective steel in light of fire-dance,
Were sometimes darkness - sometimes glow.

On roads, you are friend - the voiceless passion's grant,
And for a traveler - the object to rely on:
I will be never changed - my soul will be hard
As you, as you, my friend of iron.