Wednesday, January 13, 2010
A poem from my diary, by Avrom Sutzkever
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No.1, Op. 11 in D major, 1871
II. Andante cantabile, with Borodin Quartet
Who will remain, what will remain? A wind will stay,
the blindness of the blind man who has gone away,
a string of foam, the sign of the sea,
a little cloud entangled in a tree.
Who will remain, what will remain?
A primeval seed will sprout again
A fiddle-rose honoring herself will live.
Seven blades of grass will know what's hers to give.
Of all the stars due north of here,
the one that landed in a tear will stay.
There will always be a drop of wine left over in its jug.
Who will stay? God will stay. Isn't that enough?
translated from the Yiddish by Myra Mniewski
thank you VV for this post
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8 comments:
Lovely. Thank you.
Manuela, this is so beautiful. I appreciate this music and the poetry translation.
a little cloud entangled in a tree-
such a perfect image, and so humble... yet it says everything...
go glad to know this poem and music and conversation spoke to you all.
i am very happy to see this here!!
and so am i, poem and music both! i remember first time you sent me this piece of music, a dark winter night, and how moved i was by it... and i thought then and felt since that it was just impossible to find a poem that would do it justice - i'm glad to be proven wrong :).
this is so beautiful.
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i am glad you like it!
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