Glace qui passe, craquement

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Проплывают льдины, звеня

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Проплывают льдины, звеня,
Небеса безнадежно бледны.
Ах, за что ты караешь меня, 
Я не знаю моей вины.

Если надо - меня убей,
Но не будь со мною суров.
От меня не хочешь детей
И не любишь моих стихов.

Все по-твоему будет: пусть!
Обету верна своему,
Отдала тебе жизнь, но грусть
Я в могилу с собой возьму.

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1918, appears in Черный сон = Chernyj son, no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by Evgeny Klepalov , "Я не знаю моей вины", published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Romansy na stikhi A. Akhmatovoj, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Glace qui passe, craquement

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Glace qui passe, craquement,
Le ciel est désespérément pâle,
Ah, pourquoi veux-tu me punir,
Je ne sais pas de quoi je suis coupable.

Si tu veux -- tue-moi,
Mais ne sois pas dur avec moi.
De moi, tu ne veux pas d'enfants
Et tu n'aimes pas ma poésie.

Tout ce qui sera d'après toi : que cela soit !
Fidèle à mon vœu,
Je te donne ma vie, mais la tristesse
Je vais la garder pour la tombe avec moi.

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Translation of compilation title "Черный сон" = "Rêve sombre"; translation of Klepalov's title "Я не знаю моей вины" = "Je ne sais pas de quoi je suis coupable"

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1918, appears in Черный сон = Chernyj son, no. 4
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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
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Word count: 77