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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Здесь отвратительные жабы

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Здесь отвратительные жабы
В густую прыгают траву.
Когда б не смерть, так никогда бы
Мне не узнать, что я живую
 
Вам до меня какое дело,
Земная жизнь и красота,
А та напомнить мне сумела,
Кто я и кто моя мечта.

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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), "Здесь отвратительные жабы", op. 31 no. 2, published 1984, first performed 1986 [soprano and chamber ensemble], from the cantata Zemnaja zhizn', no. 2. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , title 1: "Here horrible toads", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Here horrible toads

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Here horrible toads
Jump into the thick grass.
I would never know if I alive
If there were no death.
 
Do you care about me,
Earthly life and beauty?
But that beyond has made me remember
Who I am and what is my dream.

Text Authorship:

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Here horrible toads", copyright © 1984, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 44