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- From: raeram@kittyhawk (Richard A. Muirden)
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- Subject: Words to Shostakovich's Symphony #2 (to go with the discussion)
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- Date: 11 Jan 93 23:53:00 GMT
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- Hi. Since there was a dicussion going on in alt.fan.shostakovich about
- the 2nd symphony and 'those' words, I thought I'd type them in, the
- english translation for those that didn't have a copy of the text or
- the work. This translation is taken from the CD of Symphonies 2&3+"The
- Age of Gold" recording by the LPO/Haitink on DECCA/London (421 131-2) (DDD)
-
- enjoy...
-
- Words to Shostakovich: Symphony No 2: "To October" - words by Bezymensky.
-
- "To October - A Symphonic Dedication"
-
- We marched, and begged for work and bread,
- our hearts gripped in the vice of anguish,
- factori chimneys reached up into the clouds,
- like hands which could not clench a fist
- The dreat names of our fetters:
- silence, suffering.
- Our sad words burst out in the silence
- louder than the roar of guns.
- Oh, Lenin:
- You forged freedom from our torment.
- You forged freedom from our toil-hardened hands.
- We understood, Lenin, that our fate has only one name:
- Strife, Strife.
- Strife, you led us to the ultimate freedom.
- Strife, you gave us the victory of labour.
- Nobody will ever deprive us of the victory over
- oppression and darkness, never.
- May each in the battle be young and bold.
-
- May the name of this victory be October.
- October is the herald of the awaited dawn.
- October is the freedom of rebellious ages.
- October is labour, joy and song.
- October is happiness in the field and at the work bench.
- The slogan, October and Lenin.
- The new age and Lenin,
- The Comune and Lenin.
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