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Откуда такая нежность? Не первые -- эти кудри Разглаживаю, и губы Знавала темней твоих. Всходили и гасли звёзды -- Откуда такая нежность? -- Всходили и гасли очи У самых моих очей. Ещё не такие песни Я слушала ночью темной [Венчаемая — о нежность! —]1 На самой груди певца. Откуда такая нежность, И что с нею делать, отрок Лукавый, певец захожий, С ресницами -- нет длинней?
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- by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), no title, first published 1916 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Откуда такая нежность?", op. 143a no. 2, from Шесть стихотворении Марини Цветаевой = Shest' stikhotvorenii Marini Cvetajevoj, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Dann Mitton) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'où vient une telle tendresse", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Where does such tenderness come from? These are not the first curls that I have caressed, and I have known lips darker than yours. The stars rose and dimmed -- Where does such tenderness come from? -- The eyes rose and dimmed Near my very own eyes. Even better songs than these ones have I listened to in the dark night [crowning - o tenderness!]2 against the singer's own chest. Where does such tenderness come from? And what will I do with it, Wily lad, wayfaring singer With the longest eyelashes ever seen?
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View original text (without footnotes)Translation of title "Откуда такая нежность?" = "Where does such tenderness come from?"
1 Shostakovich: "(Where does such tenderness come from?)"Authorship
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2020 by Dann Mitton, (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 Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), no title, first published 1916
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-31
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Word count: 91