by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)
Pis`mo
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tak pisem ne zhdut, Tak zhdut — pis`má. Tryapichny'j loskut, Vokrug tes`ma Iz kleya. Vnutri — slovczo. I schast`e. I e`to — vsyo. Tak schast`ya ne zhdut, Tak zhdut — koncza: Soldatskij salyut I v grud` — svincza Tri dol`ki. V glazax krasnó. I tol`ko. I e`to — vsyo. Ne schast`ya — stara! Czvet — veter sdul! Kvadrata dvora I chyorny'x dul. (Kvadrata pis`ma: Chernil i char!) Dlya 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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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
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Word count: 75