Les mains jointes sous le voile sombre

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Сжала руки под тёмной вуалью

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Сжала руки под тёмной вуалью...
«Отчего ты сегодня бледна?»
— Оттого, что я терпкой печалью
Напоила его допьяна.

Как забуду? Он вышел, шатаясь,
Искривился мучительно рот...
Я сбежала, перил не касаясь,
Я бежала за ним до ворот.

Задыхаясь, я крикнула: «Шутка
Всё, что было. Уйдёшь, я умру».
Улыбнулся спокойно и жутко
И сказал мне: «Не стой на ветру».

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Kouprovskaia-Denisova

E. Kouprovskaia-Denisova sets stanzas 2-3

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title [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 Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova , "Как забуду? Он вышел, шатаясь", 1988, stanzas 2-3 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies d'après Anna Akhmatova, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-12-23
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Word count: 58

Les mains jointes sous le voile sombre

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

Les mains jointes sous le voile sombre ...
« Pourquoi es-tu pâle aujourd'hui ? »
-- Parce que d'une amère douleur
Je lui ai fait boire jusqu'à l'ivresse.

Comment oublier ? Il est sorti, chancelant,
La bouche tordue par la douleur...
J'ai me suis précipitée, sans toucher la rampe,
J'ai couru après lui jusqu'à la porte.

À bout de souffle, j'ai crié : « C'est une plaisanterie,
Tout ce qui est arrivé. Si tu pars, je meurs ».
Il sourit paisible et terrible,
Et me dit : « Ne reste pas dans le vent ».

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• E. Kouprovskaia-Denisova

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