by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
V nej chto‑to chudotvornoe gorit
Language: Russian (Русский)
V nej chto-to chudotvornoe gorit, I na glazax ee kraya granyatsya. Ona odna so mnoyu govorit, Kogda drugie podojti boyatsya. Kogda poslednij drug otvel glaza, Ona by'la so mnoj v moej mogile I pela slovno pervaya groza Il` budto vse czvety' zagovorili.
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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) ; composed by Sheena Phillips.
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