The careful and muted sound | The careful and muted sound

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Звук осторожный и глухой

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Звук осторожный и глухой
Плода сорвавшегося с древа
Среди немолчного напева
Глубокой тишины лесной...

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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 Elena Olegovna Firsova (b. 1950), "Звук осторожный и глухой", op. 31 no. 1, published 1984, first performed 1986 [soprano and chamber ensemble], from the cantata Zemnaja zhizn', no. 1. [
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ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , title 1: "The careful and muted sound", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
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Word count: 14

The careful and muted sound

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The careful and muted sound
Of a fruit falling from the tree
Amidst the unbroken singing
Of deep silence of the forest...

Text Authorship:

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "The careful and muted sound", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 4
Word count: 22