Boris Pasternak (Akhmatova, set by J. Tavener) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


On, sam sebja sravnivshij s konskim glazom, 
Kositsja, smotrit, vidit, uznajet, 
I vot uzhe rasplavlennym almazom 
Sijajut luzhi, iznyvajet led.

V lilovoj mgle pokojatsja zadvorki, 
Platformy, brevna, list'ja, oblaka. 
Svist parovoza, khrust arbuznoj korki, 
V dushistoj lajke robkaja ruka.

Zvenit, gremit, skrezheshchet, b'et pribojem 
I vdrug pritikhnet, - `eto znachit, on 
Puglivo probirajetsja po khvojam, 
Chtob ne spugnut' prostranstva chutkij son.

I `eto znachit, on schitajet zerna
V pustykh kolos'jakh, `eto znachit, on
K plite dar'jal'skoj, prokljatoj i chernoj,
Opjat' prishel s kakikh-to pokhoron.

I snova zhzhet moskovskaja istoma, 
Zvenit vdali smertel'nyj bubenec - 
Kto zabludilsja v dvukh shagakh ot doma, 
Gde sneg po pojas i vsemu konec?..

Za to, chto dym sravnil s Laokoonom,
Kladbishchenskij vospel chertopolokh,
Za to, chto mir napolnil novym zvonom
V prostranstve novom otrazhennykh strof, -

On nagrazhden kakim-to vechnym detstvom, 
Toj shchedrost'ju i zorkost'ju svetil, 
I vsja zemlja byla jego nasledstvom,
A on jejo so vsemi razdelil.

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Authorship

Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889-1966) [pseudonym]

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

John Tavener (1944-)

Akhmatova Songs

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

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