Akhmatova Songs

Song Cycle by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013)

1. Данте
 (Sung text)

Language: Russian (Русский) 
Он и после смерти не вернулся 
В старую Флоренцию свою. 
Этот, уходя, не оглянулся, 
Этому я эту песнь пою. 
 ... 
Он из ада ей послал проклятье 
И в раю не мог её забыть, - 
 ...

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  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Dante", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dante", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Poem is headed "Il mio bel San Giovanni"
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2. Пушкин и Лермонтов
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Здесь Пушкина изгнанье началось
И Лермонтова кончилось изгнанье.
Здесь горных трав легко благоуханье,
И только раз мне видеть удалось
У озера, в густой тени чинары,
В тот предвечерний и жестокий час —
Сияние неутолённых глаз
Бессмертного любовника Тамары.

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  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Pushkin and Lermontov ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pouchkine et Lermontov", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Борис Пастернак
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
 ... 

Он награждён каким-то вечным детством, 
Той щедростью и зоркостью светил, 
И вся земля была его наследством,
А он её со всеми разделил.

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  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Boris Pasternak", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Boris Pasternak", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Двустишие
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Subtitle: Couplet

Language: Russian (Русский) 
От других мне хвала - что зола. 
От тебя и хула - похвала.

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  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Couplet", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Distique", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Муза
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Subtitle: The muse

Language: Russian (Русский) 
Когда я ночью жду её прихода,
Жизнь, кажется, висит на волоске.
Что почести, что юность, что свобода
Пред милой гостьей с дудочкой в руке.
И вот вошла. Откинув покрывало,
Внимательно взглянула на меня.
Ей говорю: "Ты ль Данту диктовала
Страницы Ада?" Отвечает: " Я!".

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6. Смерть Sung Text

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Я была на краю чего-то,
Чему верного нет названья...
Зазывающая дремота,
От себя самой ускользание...

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А я уже стою на подступах к чему-то,
Что достаётся всем, но разною ценой...
На этом корабле есть для меня каюта
И ветер в парусах - и страшная минута
Прощания с моей родной страной.

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