Songs

Her Spell

by Elena Langer From Baba Yaga

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Text & Translation

Her Spell
Russian source: Anna Akhmatova

Eez vysokikh varot,
Eez zaokhtyenskikh balot,
Pootyem nyekhozhenym,
Loogam nyekoshhenym
Skvoz' nochnoi kardon,
Pod paskhal'nyi zvon,
Nyezvanyi,
Nyesoozhenyi, —
Preekhadee ka mnye oozhinat'.

Her Spell
English translation © Andrew Kahn

From behind the high gates,
from the swamp beyond the river,
by the untrodden path,
through the unmown meadow,
through the night-time cordon,
to the sound of Easter bells,
unbidden,
unpledged –
Come to me for supper.

Her Spell
Russian source: Anna Akhmatova

Her Spell
English source: Andrew Kahn

Eez vysokikh varot,
From behind the high gates,
Eez zaokhtyenskikh balot,
from the swamp beyond the river,
Pootyem nyekhozhenym,
by the untrodden path,
Loogam nyekoshhenym
through the unmown meadow,
Skvoz' nochnoi kardon,
through the night-time cordon,
Pod paskhal'nyi zvon,
to the sound of Easter bells,
Nyezvanyi,
unbidden,
Nyesoozhenyi, —
unpledged –
Preekhadee ka mnye oozhinat'.
Come to me for supper.

Composer

Elena Langer

Elena Langer (born 1974) is a Russian-born British composer of opera and other contemporary classical music.

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