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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Поит дубы холодная криница
 (Sung text for setting by V. Silvestrov)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
 ... 

Поит дубы холодная криница,
Простоволосая шумит трава,
На радость осам пахнет медуница.
О, где же вы, святые острова,
Где не едят надломленного хлеба,
Где только мед, вино и молоко,
Скрипучий труд не омрачает неба
И колесо вращается легко?

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov (b. 1937), "Поит дубы холодная криница", 1982, stanza 4 [ baritone and piano ], from Четыре песни на стихи Осипа Мандельштама, no. 4, confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

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This text was added to the website: 2022-09-27
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