by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)
Pis'mo
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tak pisem ne zhdut, Tak zhdut — pis'má. Trjapichnyj loskut, Vokrug tes'ma Iz kleja. Vnutri — slovco. I schast'e. I `eto — vsjo. Tak schast'ja ne zhdut, Tak zhdut — konca: Soldatskij saljut I v grud' — svinca Tri dol'ki. V glazakh krasnó. I tol'ko. I `eto — vsjo. Ne schast'ja — stara! Cvet — veter sdul! Kvadrata dvora I chjornykh dul. (Kvadrata pis'ma: Chernil i char!) 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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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-14
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Word count: 75