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Боги, Боги мои! Как грустна вечерняя земля! Как таинственны туманы над болотами! Кто блуждал в этих туманах, Кто много страдал перед смертью, Кто летел над этой землёй, Неся на себе непосильный груз, Тот это знает. Боги, Боги мои! Как грустна вечерняя земля! Это знает уставший. И он без сожаления Покидает туманы земли, Её болотца и реки, Он отдаётся с лёгким сердцем В руки смерти,1 Он отдаётся с лёгким сердцем В руки смерти, Зная, что только она одна Успокоит его.
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View text without footnotes1 Smirnov adds "Requiem aeterna dona eis, Domine..."
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), no title, appears in Мастер и Маргарита (Master i Margarita) = The Master and Margarita, from the opening of chapter 32, "Farewell and Eternal Refuge" [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 Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Вечный приют", op. 10 (1972, rev. 1981) [ low voice or medium voice and chamber orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Вечный приют", op. 10a (1996, rev. 2002), first performed 2003 [ low voice or medium voice and piano trio ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Eternal refuge", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 80
O Gods, O my Gods! O how sad, how sad the evening earth! How mysterious are the mists above the swamp! He who has wandered in these mists, Who has much suffered before his death, Who has flown over this earth With burdens too heavy on his back, That man knows this. O Gods, O my Gods! O how sad, how sad the evening earth! The weary man knows this. And then without any regret he leaves the mists of the earth, And its swamps, and its rivers, He gives himself with a light heart Into the hands of death,1 He gives himself with a light heart Into the hands of death, Knowing that it alone Will bring him peace.
1 Smirnov adds "Requiem aeterna dona eis, Domine..."
Text Authorship:
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Eternal refuge", copyright © 2008, (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 Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), no title, appears in Мастер и Маргарита (Master i Margarita) = The Master and Margarita, from the opening of chapter 32, "Farewell and Eternal Refuge"
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 121