Поэт и Царь

Потусторонним
Залом цареи. 
-- [Кто]1 непреклонный
Мраморный сей?

Столь величавый
В золоте барм? 
-- Пушкинской славы
Жалкий жандарм.

Автора -- хаял,
Рукопись -- стриг. 
Польского края --
Зверский мясник. 

Зорче вглядися!
Не забывай:
Певтсоубийтся
Царь Николай
Первый!

Translation(s): FRE

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¹ Tsvetaeva: "A"

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• by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1931 [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Поэт и Царь", op. 143a no. 4, from Шесть стихотворении Марини Цветаевой = Shest' stikhotvorenii Marini Cvetajevoj, no. 4. [
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• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le poète et le tsar", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le poète et le tsar

Dans l'autre monde,
Le palais du Tsar...
Et qui est cet inflexible
En marbre ?

Si majestueux
Tout en or royal.
De la gloire de Pouchkine,
Le gendarme minable.

L'auteur -- le brime
Le manuscrit -- le déchire.
De la terre polonaise
Le brutal boucher !

Regardez bien !
Et n'oubliez pas :
Le tueur de poète
Le tsar Nicolas
Premier !

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• a text in Russian (Русский) by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1931
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich. Go to the text.

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