J'écoute les bruits de la ville
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): CAT ENG
J'écoute les bruits de la ville
Et prisonnier sans horizon
Je ne vois rien qu'un ciel hostile
Et les murs nus de ma prison
Le jour s'en va voici que brûle
Une lampe dans la prison
Nous sommes seuls dans ma cellule
Belle clarté Chère raison
D. Shostakovich sets stanza 2
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Pavlovich Kudinov (1922 - 1994) , copyright © ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The daylight fades away and there's a...
Language: English  after the French (Français)
The daylight fades away and there's a lamp
burning within the prison.
We are all alone in my cell,
beautiful lucidity, dear reason.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-22
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