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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Диалог Гамлета с совестью
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
-- На дне она, где ил
И водоросли ... спать в них
Ушла, -- но сна и там нет! 
-- Но я её любил, 
Как сорок тысяч братьев
Любит не могут! 
                 -- Гамлет! 

На дне она, где ил:
Ил! . . . И последний венчик 
Всплыл на приречных бревнах . . .
-- Но я её любил,
Как сорок тысяч ... 
                      -- Меньше
Всё ж, чем один любовник.

На дне она, где ил. 
-- Но я её --
              Лыубил?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1923 [author's text not yet checked 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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Диалог Гамлета с совестью", op. 143a no. 3, from Шесть стихотворении Марини Цветаевой = Shest' stikhotvorenii Marini Cvetajevoj, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Dialogue of Hamlet with his conscience", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dialogue entre Hamlet et sa conscience", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 17
Word count: 70

Dialogue entre Hamlet et sa conscience
Language: French (Français)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Elle est sur son lit où
Il y a de la vase et des algues... Profond où
Elle est allée... dormir, pas de sommeil là
Pour elle ! Mais je l'aimais
Comme quarante mille frères
Ne pourront jamais aimer !
                            -- Hamlet !

Elle est sur le fond où
Il y a de la vase ! de la vase ! Sa dernière guirlande
Perdue flottait dans les troncs qui flottent
Au bord de la rivière... Mais je l'aimais
Comme quarante mille...
                             -- Moins, oui,
Même moins qu'un amant.

Elle est sur le fond où... Il y a de la boue...
Mais je... (perplexe)
     l'aimais?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1923
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 97

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