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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)
Translation by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853 - 1900)

Для меня вопрос мудреный
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Для меня вопрос мудреный
И труднейшая задача —
Это стан моей Зулейки,
Ибо он так дивно тонок,
Что его считать я должен
За чистейшее ничто,—
И однако ж он есть нечто:
Бытие с небытием
Здесь сливаются в единстве
Осязательно простом,
А рассудок побежденный
Умолкает со стыдом.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with В. С. Соловьёв, Стихотворения и шуточные пьесы, Л.: Советский писатель, 1974, page 190.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853 - 1900), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) [text unavailable]
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Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Вопрос мудрёный" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-06-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 46

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