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The River. Part One / Escape

A lark that ran away and became a river.

September 2024Russian3:40

The piece is built on musical themes from the rock play “The Lark” («Жаворонок»), about the life of Joan of Arc. The recitative at the start is my father’s free translation of a gatha by Thích Nhất Hạnh.

Lyrics

The translation is a crib, not a singing version.

Открывая окно, наблюдаю я сущность живого.

Otkryvaya okno, nablyudayu ya sushchnostʼ zhivogo.

Жизнь прекрасна, безмерна, полна, глубока.

Zhiznʼ prekrasna, bezmerna, polna, gluboka.

И когда удаётся «жить в моменте» момента любого,

I kogda udayotsya «zhitʼ v momente» momenta lyubogo,

Ум мой ясен и чист, как большая река

Um moy yasen i chist, kak bolʼshaya reka

Life is beautiful, immeasurable, full, deep.

And when I manage to “live in the moment” of any moment,

My mind is clear and pure, like a great river

Music: Vladimir Zakharov Sr., Viktor “Nixon” Sazonov

Lyrics: Vladimir Zakharov Sr.