Zdes' otvratitel'nye zhaby

Zdes' otvratitel'nye zhaby
V gustuju prygajut travu.
Kogda b ne smert', tak nikogda by
Mne ne uznat', chto ja zhivuju
 
Vam do menja kakoje delo,
Zemnaja zhizn' i krasota,
A ta napomnit' mne sumela,
Kto ja i kto moja mechta.

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891-1938)

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

by Elena Olegovna Firsova (1950-) , "Zdes' otvratitel'nye zhaby", op. 31 no. 2, published 1984, first performed 1986 [cantata: soprano and chamber ensemble], from Zemnaja zhizn', no. 2.

ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov)

Date added to the website: 2008-01-24.

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Here horrible toads

Here horrible toads
Jump into the thick grass.
I would never know if I alive
If there were no death.
 
Do you care about me,
Earthly life and beauty?
But that beyond has made me remember
Who I am and what is my dream.

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948-) , "Here horrible toads", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

a text in Russian by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891-1938)

Date added to the website: 2008-01-24.