Overture to Cancer Ward, an opera, based on the book by A. Solzhenitsyn. In Russian.
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Story behind the song
Overture is for orchestra and Chorus. Poem by Pushkin. It is in the original Russian in the chorus.
Lyrics
Whether encircled by rebellious throngs, or
whether the sweetness of peace I taste,
thoughts of inevitable dying are near,
always with me.
Whether I wander along noisy streets
or enter a populous temple,
or among mad youth I sit,
I give myself up to my dreams.
I say: Fly years!
How many here are invisible --
we go down under the eternal vaults
and someone’s hour is near.
Whether I look upon the solitary oak,
and think: this patriarch of the forest
Will live past my life of oblivion,
as he has lived through the age of my fathers.
Whether a young one be tenderly caressed,
I think: Forgive me!
I already concede my place to you.
For me time decays, for you, it flowers.
Each day, I occupy the time at home
trying to guess between the hours of anniversary Death's approach.
And where will I be fated to die?
In battle, in wandering, or in the waves?
or will a neighboring valley hold
my ashes grown cold?
Vainly, destiny will not overcome conceit's imagination, but not in vain will bright dreams acquaint me with the tomb.
and although an insensate body closer to the cherished end be reduced to dust, all I desire is to rest.
and, at the entrance to death, youthful life will play,
and, indifferent, nature shine with eternal beauty.
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