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В дверях Эдема ангел нежный Главой поникшею сиял, А демон мрачный и мятежный Над адской бездною летал. Дух отрицанья, дух сомненья На духа чистого взирал И жар невольный умиленья Впервые смутно познавал. «Прости,» он рёк, «тебя я видел, И ты недаром мне сиял: Не всё я в [небе]1 ненавидел, Не всё я в мире презирал.»
1 Cui: "мире" (mire)
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Ангел", first published 1827 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Ангел", op. 15 no. 6 [voice and piano], from 8 Стихотворений А. С. Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (8 Stikhotvorenij A. S. Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 6, Leipzig, Belaieff [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Ангел", op. 76 no. 3 (1965), from Эхо Поэта = `Ekho Po`eta, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Ангел", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 20 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Ангел", op. 36 (Shest' stikhotvorenij A. Pushkina) no. 1 [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Ангел", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 3 (c1867), published 1868 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ENG FRE ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "The angel", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ange", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55
À la porte du paradis, un gentil ange La tête penchée se tenait brillant, Et le démon sombre et rebelle Au dessus de l'abîme infernal s'envolait. Esprit de négation, esprit de doute, Il regardait l'ange de lumière Et le feu d'une tendresse involontaire Pour la première fois il le perçut vaguement. « Pardonne », dit-il, « Je t'ai vu, Et ce n'est pas en vain que tu as brillé pour moi : Pour tout ce que j'ai détesté dans le ciel, Pour tout ce que j'ai méprisé dans le monde. »
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Ангел", first published 1827
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
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Word count: 91