For my poems, written so early

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by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Мои стихи

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Моим стихам, написанным так рано,
Что и не знала я, что я -- поэт,
Сорвавшимся, как брызги из фонтана, 
Как искры из ракет, 

Ворвавшимся, как маленькие черти,
В святилище, где сон и фимиам,
Моим стихам о юности и смерти,
- Нечитанным стихам! --

Разбросанным в пыли по магазинам
(Где их никто не брал и не берёт!) 
Моим стихам, как драгоценным винам,
Настанет свой черёд!

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Text Authorship:

by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1913 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Мои стихи", op. 143a no. 1, from Шесть стихотворении Марини Цветаевой = Shest' stikhotvorenii Marini Cvetajevoj, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mes poèmes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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For my poems, written so early

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

For my poems, written so early
That I didn't even know yet that I was a poet,
Which erupted like splashes out of a fountain, 
like sparks from a rocket,

Which burst like little devils 
into a sanctuary of slumber and incense,
For my poems about youth and death,
Never-before-read poems! --

Scattered around in the dust of the shops,
(Where no one is buying them still),
For my poems, as with precious wines,
Their turn will come!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1913
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This text was added to the website: 2020-09-16
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