by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966)
A ya idu, gde nichego ne nado
Language: Russian (Русский)
A ya idu, gde nichego ne nado, Gde samy'j mily'j sputnik — tol`ko ten`, I veet veter iz gluxogo sada, A pod nogoj mogil`naya stupen`.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), written 1964 [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) , "Where Nothing Is Needed" ; composed by Sheena Phillips.
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