I grew out of the evil muddy pool | I grew out of the evil muddy pool

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by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)

Translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Из омута злого и вязкого

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Из омута злого и вязкого,
Я вырос, тростинкой шурша,
И страстно, и томно, и ласково
Запретною жизнью дыша.
 
И никну никем не замеченный,
В холодный и топкий приют,
Приветственным шелестом встреченный
Коротких осенних минут.
 
Я счастлив жестокой обидою
И в жизни, похожей на сон,
Я каждому тайно завидую
И в каждого тайно влюблён.

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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), "Из омута злого и вязкого", op. 31 no. 4, published 1984, first performed 1986 [soprano and chamber ensemble], from the cantata Zemnaja zhizn', no. 4. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , title 1: "I grew out of the evil muddy pool", 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: 12
Word count: 53

I grew out of the evil muddy pool

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I grew out of the evil muddy pool,
Whispering like a reed,
Breathing passionately languidly and tenderly
The forbidden life,

And noticed by no one
I bend over into the cold and swampy refuge,
Welcomed by the rustle
Of the brief instants of the autumn.

I'm happy with the cruel assault,
And in this life that is like a dream
I envy everyone secretly
And am secretly in love with everyone.

Text Authorship:

by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "I grew out of the evil muddy pool", 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: 12
Word count: 71