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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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1942
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]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 from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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