by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938)
Chto pojut chasy‑kuznechik
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Chto pojut chasy-kuznechik, Likhoradka shelestit I shurshit sukhaja pechka — `Eto krasnyj shjolk gorit. Chto zubami myshi tochat Zhizni tonen'koje dno, — `Eto lastochka i dochka Otvjazala moj chelnok, Chto na kryshe dozhd' bormochet — `Eto chjornyj shjolk gorit, No cherjomukha uslyshit I na dne morskom prostit. Potomu chto smert' nevinna, I nichem nel'zja pomoch', Chto v gorjachke solov'inoj Serdce teploje jeshchjo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Osip Emil'evich Mandelstam (1891 - 1938), written 1918, appears in Tristia, first published 1922 [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), "Что поют часы-кузнечик", op. 22 no. 4, published 1979, first performed 1981 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from cantata Tristia, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "What grasshopper-clocks are singing", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-29
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Word count: 62