by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)
Pis'mo
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tak pisem ne ždut, Tak ždut — pis'má. Trjapičnyj loskut, Vokrug tes'ma Iz kleja. Vnutri — slovco. I sčast'e. I ėto — vsë. Tak sčast'ja ne ždut, Tak ždut — konca: Soldatskij saljut I v grud' — svinca Tri dol'ki. V glazach krasnó. I tol'ko. I ėto — vsë. Ne sčast'ja — stara! Cvet — veter sdul! Kvadrata dvora I čërnych dul. (Kvadrata pis'ma: Černil i čar!) Dlja smertnogo sna Nikto ne star! Kvadrata pis'ma.
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Authorship:
- by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), "Письмо", written 1923, appears in Стихотворения 1923 года [author's text checked 1 time 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 Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Письмо" [sung text not yet checked]
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