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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Колют ресницы
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Колют ресницы. В груди прикипела слеза.
Чую без страху, что будет и будет гроза.
Кто-то чудной меня что-то торопит забыть.
Душно — и все-таки до смерти хочется жить.

С нар приподнявшись на первый раздавшийся звук,
Дико и сонно еще озираясь вокруг,
Так вот бушлатник шершавую песню поет
В час, как полоской заря над острогом встает.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked 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 Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov (b. 1937), "Колют ресницы", 1982 [ baritone and piano ], from Четыре песни на стихи Осипа Мандельштама, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-09-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 55

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