Un sort de mère | Où, grande dame, est ton petit tsigane ?

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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

,,Где, высокая, твой цыганенок

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

,,Где, высокая, твой цыганенок,
Тот, что плакал под черным платком,
Где твой маленький первый ребенок,
Что ты знаешь, что помнишь о нем?ъ

ъДоля матери - светлая пытка,
Я достойна её не была.
В белый рай растворилась калитка,
Магдалина сыночка взяла.

Каждый день мой - веселый, хороший,
Заблудилась я в длинной весне,
Только руки тоскуют по ноше,
Только плач его слышу во сне.

Станет сердце тревожным и томным,
И не помню тогда ничего,
Все брожу я по комнатам темным,
Все ищу колыбельку его.``

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Text Authorship:

by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1914 [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 Evgeny Klepalov , "Доля матери", published 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Romansy na stikhi A. Akhmatovoj, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Un sort de mère", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 80

Un sort de mère

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

« Où, grande dame, est ton petit tsigane ?
Celui qui pleurait sous un drap noir,
Où est ton premier petit enfant,
Que sais-tu, de quoi te souviens-tu à son sujet ? »

« Un sort de mère -- c'est une torture,
Je n'en étais pas digne.
Le portail du paradis devint invisible,
Et Madeleine a pris mon fils.

Chaque jour pour moi était joyeux, aimable,
J'étais perdue dans un long printemps,
Mais mes mains aspirent à son fardeau,
Mais dans mon sommeil je l'entends pleurer.

Mon cœur devient anxieux et dépérit,
Et puis je ne me souviens de rien,
Tout le temps j'erre à travers des pièces obscures,
Tout le temps je cherche son berceau.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-05
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