English translation of Смерть
by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Смерть", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 6Note: this is a translation of one multi-text setting.
Я была на краю чего-то, Чему верного нет названья... Зазывающая дремота, От себя самой ускользание...
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1942
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Author(s): Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
I was at the border of something, Which is not called anything in particular… Drowsy summons, From myself slipping away...
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But I am already standing at the edge of something, That is the lot of everyone, but for a varying price… On this ship there is for me a cabin And wind in the sails - and the strange moment of the Departure from my native land.
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Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard