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:I. [[I love the uprise of a texture (1)|I love the uprise of a texture… (1)]] | :I. [[I love the uprise of a texture (1)|I love the uprise of a texture… (1)]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:II. [[I love the uprise of a texture (2)|I love the uprise of a texture… (2)]] | :II. [[I love the uprise of a texture (2)|I love the uprise of a texture… (2)]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:III. [[O butterfly, O Moslem-woman|O butterfly, O Moslem-woman…]] | :III. [[O butterfly, O Moslem-woman|O butterfly, O Moslem-woman…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:IV. [[The tiny appendage of the sixth sense|The tiny appendage of the sixth sense…]] | :IV. [[The tiny appendage of the sixth sense|The tiny appendage of the sixth sense…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:V. [[Overcoming the firmness of nature|Overcoming the firmness of nature…]] | :V. [[Overcoming the firmness of nature|Overcoming the firmness of nature…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:VI. [[When, after destroying the sketches|When, after destroying the sketches…]] | :VI. [[When, after destroying the sketches|When, after destroying the sketches…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:VII. [[And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub|And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub…]] | :VII. [[And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub|And Schubert on the water, and Mozart in the bird's hubbub…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:VIII. [[And the toothed paw of the maple|And the toothed paw of the maple…]] | :VIII. [[And the toothed paw of the maple|And the toothed paw of the maple…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:IX. [[Tell me, Desert Draftsman|Tell me, Desert Draftsman...]] [[Image:100%.png]] | :IX. [[Tell me, Desert Draftsman|Tell me, Desert Draftsman...]] [[Image:100%.png]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:X. [[From needle-shaped pestilential glasses|From needle-shaped pestilential glasses...]] | :X. [[From needle-shaped pestilential glasses|From needle-shaped pestilential glasses...]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
:XI. [[And I go out from space|And I go out from space…]] | :XI. [[And I go out from space|And I go out from space…]] || [[Image:100%.png]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:20, 28 October 2008
| Octets written by Osip Mandelstam |
I love the uprise of a texture (1) → |
| Included in Moscow Notebooks. See also Poems. This cycle of eleven poems was written in 1932-35 (Moscow — Voronezh). In Russian: Восьмистишия. |
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English Translations
There are known a few translations of the whole cycle to English published in:
- Osip Mandelstam: "Octets" 66-76, translated by Donald Davie, "Agenda", vol. 14, no. 2, 1976.
- John RILEY: "The Collected Works". Grossteste (Derbyshire), 1980.
- Osip Mandelstam: The Moscow Notebooks translated by Richard and Elizabeth McKane, Bloodaxe Books, 1991, Newcastle upon Tyne ISBN 1852241268.
Four of the "Octets" were included into:
- Osip Mandelstam: "Selected Poems", translated by David McDuff. Farrar, Strauss and Giroux (New York) and, with minor corrections, Rivers Press (Cambridge), 1973.
Octets. Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (1891 – 1938)