I Shubert na vode, i Mocart v ptich'em...

I Shubert na vode, i Mocart v ptich'em game,
I Gjote, svishchushchij na v'jushchejsja trope,
I Gamlet, myslivshij puglivymi shagami,
Schitali pul's tolpy i verili tolpe.
Byt' mozhet, prezhde gub uzhe rodilsja shopot
I v bezdrevesnosti kruzhilisja listy,
I te, komu my posvjashchajem opyt,
Do opyta priobreli cherty.

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891-1938) , "I Shubert na vode, i Mocart v ptich'em game", 1934

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "I Shubert na vode, i Mocart v ptich'em game", op. 53 no. 3, published 1989 [soprano, flute, horn, harp, and string trio], from Vos'mistishija, no. 3.

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Date added to the website: 2008-01-22.

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And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub

And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub,
And Goethe whistling on his twisting path,
And Hamlet thinking by the frightened steps,
They took the pulse of the crowd and trusted in the crowd.
Perhaps a whisper was born before the lips,
And leaves whirled in the woodless world,
And those to whom we dedicated our experience
Gained their traits before any experience.

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

a text in Russian by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891-1938) , "I Shubert na vode, i Mocart v ptich'em game", 1934

Date added to the website: 2008-01-22.