by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
Kogda chelovek umiraet
Language: Russian (Русский)
Kogda chelovek umiraet, Izmenyayutsya ego portrety'. Po-drugomu glaza glyadyat, i guby' Uly'bayutsya drugoj uly'bkoj. YA zametila e`to, vernuvshis` S poxoron odnogo poe`ta. I s tex por proveryala chasto, I moya dogadka podtverdilas`.
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1940 [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 Yevgeniya Iosifovna Yakhnina (1892 - 1979), "Когда человек умирает" [sung text not yet checked]
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