Дано мне тело — что мне делать с ним
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Дано мне тело — что мне делать с ним,
Таким единым и таким моим?
За радость тихую дышать и жить
Кого, скажите, мне благодарить?
Я и садовник, я же и цветок,
В темнице мира я не одинок.
На стекла вечности уже легло
Моё дыхание, моё тепло.
...
Пускай мгновения стекает муть —
Узора милого не зачеркнуть.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6 of the original text.
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Set to music by Elena Olegovna Firsova (b. 1950), "Дано мне тело — что мне делать с ним", op. 31 no. 3, published 1984, first performed 1986, stanzas 1-4,6 [ soprano and chamber ensemble ], from cantata Zemnaja zhizn', no. 3
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- ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "I'm given a body -- what to do with it?", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
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Word count: 63
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
I'm given a body -- what to do with it?
It is so united and so much my own.
For the quiet happiness to breathe and live,
Tell me, to whom shall I give my thanks?
I am the gardener and the flower too,
In the world's dungeon I am not alone.
My breath, my warmth lay already down
On the window glass of eternity.
...
Let the instant mud to be flown away --
The cherished pattern will be not erased.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4,6 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "I'm given a body -- what to do with it?", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
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