I feel cold. Transparent spring | I feel cold. Transparent spring

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Translation © by Dmitri Smirnov

Мне холодно. Прозрачная весна

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Мне холодно. Прозрачная весна
В зелёный пух Петрополь одевает,
Но, как медуза, невская волна
Мне отвращенье лёгкое внушает.
По набережной северной реки
Автомобилей мчатся светляки,
Летят стрекозы и жуки стальные,
Мерцают звёзд булавки золотые,
Но никакие звёзды не убьют
Морской воды тяжёлый изумруд.

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Text Authorship:

by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938), written 1916, appears in Tristia, first published 1922 [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), "Мне холодно. Прозрачная весна", op. 22 no. 3, published 1979, first performed 1981 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from cantata Tristia, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "I feel cold. Transparent spring", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-02-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 43

I feel cold. Transparent spring

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I feel cold. Transparent spring
Dresses Petropolis into a green down,
But Neva's waves slightly excite
My disguise like jellyfish.
Along the bank of the northern river
The fireflies of automobiles run,
The steel dragon-flies and beetles fly,
The gold pins of stars twinkle,
But no stars will slaughter
The heavy emerald of sea-water.

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938), written 1916, appears in Tristia, first published 1922
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 54