My harp hangs silent | My harp hangs silent

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by Pyotr Filippovich Yakubovich (1860 - 1911)

Translation © by Jennifer Gliere

Оттого моя арфа безмолвна висит

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Оттого моя арфа безмолвна висит,
что плита гробовая сердце лежит,
что изранен я весь и бессилен мой гнев,
и звучал бы, как плач похорон, мой напев.

Но придёт он, я жду, вдохновенный пророк,
на челе его будет терновый венок,
на руках и ногах - неповинная кровь,
а не вещих устах - песнь про жизнь и любовь.

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Text Authorship:

by Pyotr Filippovich Yakubovich (1860 - 1911) [author's text not yet checked 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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Оттого моя арфа безмолвна висит", op. 10 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Six Romances) no. 1 (1903) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "My harp hangs silent", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Voilà pourquoi ma harpe est accrochée silencieuse", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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My harp hangs silent

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

My harp hangs silent
for a gravestone lies on my heart,
for I am covered in wounds and my anger is powerless,
and my sound would have sounded like a funeral dirge.
 
But the inspired prophet comes; I will wait,
on his brow will be a thorny crown,
on his hands and feet the innocent blood,
and on his prophetic lips a song of life and love.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Pyotr Filippovich Yakubovich (1860 - 1911)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-14
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