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by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)

On, sam sebya sravnivshij s konskim glazom
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
On, sam sebya sravnivshij s konskim glazom, 
Kositsya, smotrit, vidit, uznaet, 
I vot uzhe rasplavlenny'm almazom 
Siyayut luzhi, izny'vaet led.

V lilovoj mgle pokoyatsya zadvorki, 
Platformy', brevna, list`ya, oblaka. 
Svist parovoza, xrust arbuznoj korki, 
V dushistoj lajke robkaya ruka.

Zvenit, gremit, skrezheshhet, b`et priboem 
I vdrug pritixnet, - e`to znachit, on 
Puglivo probiraetsya po xvoyam, 
Chtob ne spugnut` prostranstva chutkij son.

I e`to znachit, on schitaet zerna
V pusty'x kolos`yax, e`to znachit, on
K plite dar`yal`skoj, proklyatoj i chernoj,
Opyat` prishel s kakix-to poxoron.

I snova zhzhet moskovskaya istoma, 
Zvenit vdali smertel`ny'j bubenecz - 
Kto zabludilsya v dvux shagax ot doma, 
Gde sneg po poyas i vsemu konecz?..

Za to, chto dy'm sravnil s Laokoonom,
Kladbishhenskij vospel chertopolox,
Za to, chto mir napolnil novy'm zvonom
V prostranstve novom otrazhenny'x strof, -

On nagrazhdyon kakim-to vechny'm detstvom, 
Toj shhedrost`yu i zorkost`yu svetil, 
I vsya zemlya by'la ego nasledstvom,
A on eyo so vsemi razdelil.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Tavener 

J. Tavener sets stanza 7

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), "Борис Пастернак", written 1936 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Marjo Tal (1915 - 2006), "The poet", 1975 [ voice and piano ], from Sest' pesen - Zes Russische liederen = Six Russian Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Борис Пастернак", first performed 1993, stanza 7 [ soprano and cello or string quartet ], from Akhmatova Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Boris Pasternak", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Boris Pasternak", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-10
Line count: 28
Word count: 150

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