More tender than tender | More tender than tender

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Translation © by Richard Shaw

Нежнее нежного

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Нежнее нежного
Лицо твоё,
Белее белого
Твоя рука,
От мира целого
Ты далека,
И всё твоё –
От неизбежного.
 
От неизбежного
Твоя печаль,
И пальцы рук
Неостывающих,
И тихий звук
Неунывающих
Речей,
И даль
Твоих очей.

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Text Authorship:

by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938) [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 Elena Olegovna Firsova (b. 1950), "Нежнее нежного", op. 23 no. 2 [soprano and piano], from Tri stikhotvorenija Osipa Mandel'shtama, no. 2. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Richard Shaw) , title 1: "More tender than tender", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-22
Line count: 17
Word count: 36

More tender than tender

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

More tender than tender
Is your face,
Whiter than white
Is your hand,
From the whole world
You are distant,
And everything about you
Is ordained by Fate.
 
From Fate
Comes your sorrow,
And the fingers on your hand
Which stay warm,
And the quiet sound
Of your hopeful
Words,
And the distant look
Of your eyes.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-22
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Word count: 57