by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
Translation © by Lyn Coffin (b. 1943)
В ней что‑то чудотворное горит
Language: Russian (Русский)
В ней что-то чудотворное горит, И на глазах ее края гранятся. Она одна со мною говорит, Когда другие подойти боятся. Когда последний друг отвел глаза, Она была со мной в моей могиле И пела словно первая гроза Иль будто все цветы заговорили.
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1958 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Lyn Coffin (b. 1943) , copyright © 1983 ; composed by Sheena Phillips.
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Music
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
A flame burns within her, miraculously [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Lyn Coffin (b. 1943), copyright © 1983 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1958
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sheena Phillips (b. 1958), "Music", copyright © 2000 [ sa chorus ], from Two Settings of Anna Akhmatova, no. 2
Publisher: Sheena Phillips [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 62