Songs
Neskromnyi vzglyad 'An Immodest Glance'
by Dmitri Shostakovich From Six romances on texts by Japanese poets Op. 21a
Text & Translation
Neskromnyi vzglyad 'An Immodest Glance'
Russian source:
Anon. trans. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt
Obnazhalisya koleblemyi stvol,
Kogda veyushchii veter v storonu
Vetvi otvyol.
А sevogdya, o radost moya,
Ya nogi tvoi uvidal,
Kogda tvoim lyogkim platyem
Veyushchii veter igral.
An Immodest Glance
English translation ©
Philip Ross Bullock
Swaying trunk was exposed
When the wafting wind
Parted its branches.
And today, oh my joy,
I glimpsed your legs,
When your light dress
Was ruffled by the wafting wind.
Neskromnyi vzglyad 'An Immodest Glance'
Russian source:
Anon. trans. Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt
An Immodest Glance
English source:
Philip Ross Bullock
U ivy zelyonoi i tonkoi
A green and slender willow’s
Obnazhalisya koleblemyi stvol,
Swaying trunk was exposed
Kogda veyushchii veter v storonu
When the wafting wind
Vetvi otvyol.
Parted its branches.
А sevogdya, o radost moya,
And today, oh my joy,
Ya nogi tvoi uvidal,
I glimpsed your legs,
Kogda tvoim lyogkim platyem
When your light dress
Veyushchii veter igral.
Was ruffled by the wafting wind.
Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer and pianist. He achieved fame in the Soviet Union, although later developed a more complex and difficult relationship with the government. As a composer, he combined a variety of different musical…
