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Звенела музыка в саду Таким невыразимым горем. Свежо и остро пахли морем На блюде устрицы во льду. Он мне сказал: «Я верный друг!» И моего коснулся платья. Так не похожи на объятья Прикосновенья этих рук. Так гладят кошек или птиц, Так на наездниц смотрят стройных... Лишь смех в глазах его спокойных Под легким золотом ресниц. А скорбных скрипок голоса Поют за стелющимся дымом: «Благослови же небеса - Ты в первый раз одна с любимым.»
E. Kouprovskaia-Denisova sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title [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 Ekaterina Kouprovskaia-Denisova , "Звенела музыка в саду", 1988, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies d'après Anna Akhmatova, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-12-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 74
La musique résonnait dans le jardin Avec un chagrin si indicible. Une odeur fraîche et insistante de la mer, Sur un plateau des huîtres dans de la glace. Il m'a dit : « Je suis un ami fidèle ! » Et il a touché ma robe. Comme il ne ressemble pas à une étreinte Ce contact de ses mains. Ainsi on caresse les chats ou les oiseaux, Ainsi on regarde une cavalière élégante... Seul le rire dans ses yeux calmes, Sous la lumière de ses cils dorés. Tandis que la voix lugubre d'un violon Chante derrière une brume qui s'étend : «Bénis donc le ciel -- Pour la première fois tu es seule avec ton bien-aimé. »
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 116