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Здесь Пушкина изгнанье началось И Лермонтова кончилось изгнанье. Здесь горных трав легко благоуханье, И только раз мне видеть удалось У озера, в густой тени чинары, В тот предвечерний и жестокий час — Сияние неутолённых глаз Бессмертного любовника Тамары.
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Пушкин и Лермонтов" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Пушкин и Лермонтов", first performed 1993 [soprano and cello or string quartet], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 2. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Pouchkine et Lermontov", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "Pushkin and Lermontov", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-01-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 38
Here Pushkin’s exile began And Lermontov's exile ended. Here [I smell] mountain herbs’ gentle fragrance, And only once was I able to see By the lake, in the deep shadow of a plane tree, In that pre-evening and and cruel hour — [the] unquenched fire in his eyes [of the] Immortal lover of Tamara.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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), "Пушкин и Лермонтов"
This text was added to the website: 2016-06-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 54