The Incident is Closed | It’s late, you must be asleep

by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893 - 1930)

Уже второй должно быть ты легла

Language: Russian (Русский)

Уже второй должно быть ты легла
В ночи Млечпуть серебряной Окою
Я не спешу и молниями телеграмм
Мне незачем тебя будить и беспокоить
как говорят инцидент исперчен
любовная лодка разбилась о быт
С тобой мы в расчете и не к чему перечень
взаимных болей бед и обид
Ты посмотри какая в мире тишь
Ночь обложила небо звездной данью
в такие вот часы встаешь и говоришь
векам истории и мирозданию

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Confirmed with Маяковский В. В., Полное собрание сочинений: В 13 т. / АН СССР. Ин-т мировой лит. им. А. М. Горького. — М.: Худож. лит., 1955—1961.

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Text Authorship:

by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893 - 1930), no title, written 1928-1930, appears in Неоконченное (Neokonchennoje), no. 4, first published 1934-1935 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Maggie Gottlieb , "The Incident is Closed", copyright © ; composed by Elena Langer.
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The Incident is Closed

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

It’s late, you must be asleep
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Text Authorship:

by Maggie Gottlieb , "The Incident is Closed", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893 - 1930), no title, written 1928-1930, appears in Неоконченное (Neokonchennoje), no. 4, first published 1934-1935
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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 Langer , "The Incident is Closed", 2022 [ soprano, oboe and harpsichord ], from Love & Endings, no. 3, Rijswijk : Stichting Donemus Beheer [sung text checked 1 time]

This text was added to the website: 2024-09-16
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