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Как велит простая учтивость, Подошел ко мне. Улыбнулся, Полуласково, полулениво Поцелуем руки коснулся. И загадочных, древних ликов На меня поглядели очи... Десять лет замираний и криков, Все мои бессонные ночи Я вложила в тихое слово И сказала его напрасно. Отошел ты, и стало снова На душе и пусто и ясно.
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- by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1911-15, appears in Чётки = Chjotki, in Смятение = Smjatenije, no. 3 [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 , "Как велит простая учтивость", 1988 [ voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies d'après Anna Akhmatova, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Как велит простая учтивость" [sung text not yet checked]
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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: 12
Word count: 50
Comme le veut la simple courtoisie, Il s'est avancé vers moi. Il a souri, À demi tendre, à demi indolent, Il a baisé ma main légèrement. D'un visage énigmatique, antique, Sur moi les yeux se sont posés... Dix ans d'étourdissements et de cris, Toutes mes nuits sans sommeil, J'ai tout versé dans un mot calme, Que j'ai dit en vain. Tu es parti, et à nouveau cela a été Dans mon âme vide et clarté.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Anna Andreyevna Akhmatova (1889 - 1966), no title, written 1911-15, appears in Чётки = Chjotki, in Смятение = Smjatenije, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 75