Distique | Les louanges des autres pour moi ne sont que des cendres

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Двустишие

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

От других мне хвала - что зола. 
От тебя и хула - похвала.

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Двустишие", written 1931 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Двустишие", subtitle: "Couplet", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Couplet", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Distique", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Distique

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Les louanges des autres pour moi ne sont que des cendres,
De toi même le blâme est louange.

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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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a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Двустишие", written 1931
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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-12
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Word count: 18