Dante

On i posle smerti ne vernulsja 
V staruju Florenciju svoju. 
`Etot, ukhodja, ne ogljanulsja, 
`Etomu ja `etu pesn' poju. 
Fakel, noch', posledneje ob"jat'e, 
Za porogom dikij vopl' sud'by... 
On iz ada jej poslal prokljat'e 
I v raju ne mog jejo zabyt', - 
No bosoj, v rubakhe pokajannoj, 
So svechoj zazhzhennoj ne proshel 
Po svoej Florencii zhelannoj, 
Verolomnoj, nizkoj, dolgozhdannoj...

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889-1966) [pseudonym] , "Dante", 1936

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

by John Tavener (1944-) , "Dante", first performed 1993 [soprano and cello or string quartet], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2009-08-10.

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