Offering | To your ghost I give these flowers, and the flowers' radiant greetings

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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Приношение

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

Our translations: ENG

Тени твоей эти цветы, этих цветов лучистый привет,
  Ибо цветы суть свет.

Сердцу, что дремлет, глазам, что окутались мглой,
  Ибо цветы - Покой.

Голосу, ставшему ныне частицей безмерного моря, - дыханья,
  Ибо цветы - Молчанье.

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Text Authorship:

by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Приношение" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Offrande", appears in Entrevisions, first published 1898
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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 Boleslav Leopoldovitch Yavorsky (1877 - 1942), "Приношение", op. 13 (1909), published 1915 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], Moscow: Jurgenson, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Offering", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-22
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Word count: 32

Offering

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

To [your] ghost [I give] these flowers, [and the] flowers' radiant greetings,
  For flowers are light.

To [your] heart, that sleeps, to [your] eyes, that are shrouded in darkness,
  For flowers are peace.

To [your] voice, now becoming a little part of an infinite sea, - exhaling,
  For flowers are Silence.

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), "Приношение"
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Charles van Lerberghe (1861 - 1907), "Offrande", appears in Entrevisions, first published 1898
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-10-31
Line count: 6
Word count: 50