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Как над горячею золой Дымится свиток и сгорает, И огнь сокрытый и глухой Слова и строки пожирает: Так грустно тлится жизнь моя И с каждым днём уходит дымом; Так постепенно гасну я В однообразьи нестерпимом... О, небо, если бы хоть раз Сей пламень развился по воле, И, не томясь, не мучась доле, Я просиял бы и погас!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Georgi Lvovitch Catoire (1861 - 1926), "Как над горячею золой", op. 19 no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Как над горячею золой", op. 25 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 2 (1874). [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Gleich einem Brief"
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Comme sur des cendres chaudes Un parchemin fume et brûle, Et le feu caché et lent Dévore les mots et les lignes : Ainsi ma triste vie fume Et part en fumée chaque jour qui passe ; Ainsi petit à petit je m'éteins Dans une monotonie insupportable... Oh, ciel, si seulement une fois Cette flamme pouvait brûler librement, Et, sans languir, sans davantage de torture, Je pouvais brûler et disparaître !
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873)
This text was added to the website: 2016-07-13
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