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Он и после смерти не вернулся В старую Флоренцию свою. Этот, уходя, не оглянулся, Этому я эту песнь пою. [Факел, ночь, последнее объятье, За порогом дикий вопль судьбы...]1 Он из ада ей послал проклятье И в раю не мог её забыть, - [Но босой, в рубахе покаянной, Со свечой зажженной не прошел По своей Флоренции желанной, Вероломной, низкой, долгожданной...]1
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View text without footnotesPoem is headed "Il mio bel San Giovanni"
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Данте", written 1936 [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 John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Данте", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Dante", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dante", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 60
He, even after death, didn’t return To his old Florence. In leaving, didn’t look back, To him, I sing this song. [... ...] He, from Hades, cursed her And in Paradise couldn’t forget her, - [... ... ... ...]
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Stanfield Prichard, (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 Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Данте", written 1936
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 32