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by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940)

Вечный приют
 (Sung text for setting by D. Smirnov)
 See original
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Боги, Боги мои!
Как грустна вечерняя земля!
Как таинственны туманы над болотами!
Кто блуждал в этих туманах,
Кто много страдал перед смертью,
Кто летел над этой землёй,
Неся на себе непосильный груз,
Тот это знает. 
 
Боги, Боги мои!
Как грустна вечерняя земля!
Это знает уставший.
И он без сожаления
Покидает туманы земли,
Её болотца и реки,
Он отдаётся с лёгким сердцем
В руки смерти,
Requiem aeterna dona eis, Domine...
Он отдаётся с лёгким сердцем
В руки смерти,
Зная, что только она одна
Успокоит его.

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Вечный приют", op. 10 (1972, rev. 1981) [ low voice or medium voice and chamber orchestra ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Afanasievich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), no title, appears in Мастер и Маргарита (Master i Margarita) = The Master and Margarita, from the opening of chapter 32, "Farewell and Eternal Refuge"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "Eternal refuge", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 80

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