Dante | Il n'est pas revenu après sa mort

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Данте

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Он и после смерти не вернулся 
В старую Флоренцию свою. 
Этот, уходя, не оглянулся, 
Этому я эту песнь пою. 
[Факел, ночь, последнее объятье, 
За порогом дикий вопль судьбы...]¹
Он из ада ей послал проклятье 
И в раю не мог её забыть, - 
[Но босой, в рубахе покаянной, 
Со свечой зажженной не прошел 
По своей Флоренции желанной, 
Вероломной, низкой, долгожданной...]¹

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Tavener

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Poem is headed "Il mio bel San Giovanni"
¹ omitted by Tavener.

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Данте", written 1936 [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), "Данте", first performed 1993 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Word count: 60

Dante

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

Il n'est pas revenu après sa mort
Dans sa vieille Florence,
En partant, il n'a pas jeté un regard en arrière,
Pour lui, je chante ce chant.
Torche, nuit, dernière étreinte,
Au delà du seuil, le cri sauvage du destin...
De l'enfer il a envoyé sa malédiction
Et dans le paradis il n'a pu l'oublier, --
Mais pieds nus, vêtu d'une chemise de pénitent,
Avec un cierge allumé il n'est pas passé
Dans sa Florence très désirée,
Perfide, basse, tant attendue...

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This text was added to the website: 2015-01-12
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Word count: 80