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Evgeny Kissin (Евге́ний Ки́син)

„אורבי עט אָרבי”

  • 1 מײַן באָבע-לשון... | Translations: deen
  • 2 „אורבי עט אָרבי” | Translations: deen
  • 3 ייִדיש | Translations: deen
  • 4 ייִדישע ווערטער | Translations: deen
  • 5 די סימפֿעראָפּאָלסקי צווישנגאַס, 8
  • 6 טעוועלעך ברוינע, און זײַטן — אַ ביסל פֿאַרגעלטע...
  • 7 אַני–מאמין
  • 8 געזאַנג צו אַנאַפּעסט
  • 9 אויפֿן טויט פֿון באָריס ניעמצאָוו
  • 10 בײַם לייענען „קהלת‟
  • 11 תּפֿילה
  • 12 ס׳פֿלאַטערט אַ חלום
Language: yiddish
Translations: german (Urbi et orbi), english (Urbi Et Orbi)
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„אורבי עט אָרבי”

שטאָלץ איז מײַן גײַסט, שטרענג — מײַן געשטאַלט.
יאָרהונדערטער זיבן און דרײַסיק כ׳בין אַלט.
פֿון אור־אַלטער צײַט,
פֿון העט-ווײַטער ווײַט
קום איך אָן.

הינטער מיר זײַנען אוּר און חבֿרון,
באר-שבֿע, חרן, פּניאל און מצרים,
דער מידבר, יריחו און ירושלים.
וווּ און ווען כ׳זאָל ניט זײַן,
אין גליק, צי אין פּײַן,
אין פֿרייד, צי אין צאָרן —
כ׳לעב און אייביק כ׳וועל לעבן ממילא.
אין מײַן האַרץ ברענט כּסדר דער פֿלאַם פֿונעם דאָרן,
אין מײַן זעל זינגט די האַרפֿע פֿון דוד המלך.
ווי שומרים, מיט מיר תּמיד זײַנען
די אותיות פֿירקאַנטיקע מײַנע.
ווי אַ פֿײַערזײַל איז יעדער אות
אין דעם וועלטישן מידבר און נאַכט.
ס׳איז מײַן לעבן אַן אייביקע שלאַכט,
און מיר זיס איז מײַן ביטערער כּוס.
כ׳בין אַ ייִד,
און אין אָט דער נבֿיאישער שעה,
צי געפֿעלט דאָס אײַך, הערן, צי ניט —
איך בין דאָ!

© Evgeny Kissin
Audio production: Haus für Poesie / 2019
Categories: traditions, identity (collective), history, identity (personal), religion & sprituality

Translations:

Language: german

Urbi et orbi

Stolz ist mein Geist, streng meine Gestaltung.
Siebenunddreißig Jahrhunderte alt bin ich.
Aus uralter Zeit,
aus weitester Ferne
komme ich her.
Hinter mir sind Ur und Hebron,
Beer-Scheba, Haran, Peniel und Ägypten,
die Wüste, Jericho und Jerusalem.
Wo und wann immer ich auch bin,
in Glück oder in Leid,
in Freude oder in Wut –
da lebe ich und werde gewisslich ewig leben.
In meinem Herzen brennt ununterbrochen des Dornbuschs Flamme,
in meiner Seele singt die Harfe König Davids.
Wie Wächter stehen mir beständig
meine Quadratbuchstaben zur Seite.
Jede Letter ist wie eine Feuersäule
in der Wüste und der Nacht der Welt.
Und mein Leben ist eine ewige Schlacht,
doch süß ist mir mein bitt’rer Kelch.
Ein Jude bin ich,
und in dieser prophetischen Stunde –
ob es euch zu hören gefällt oder nicht –
bin ich hier!

Ins Deutsche übersetzt von Armin Eidherr.
Language: english

Urbi Et Orbi

Proud is my spirit,
stern is my demeanor.
I am thirty-seven centuries old.
From ancient times,
from faraway places
I come.
Behind me are Ur and Hebron,
Beersheba, Haran, Peniel, and Egypt,
and the desert, Jericho, and Jerusalem.
Wherever and whenever I am,
in happiness or in pain,
in joy or in rage,
I live and will eternally live in any case.
In my heart, there burns forever
the flame of the thorn-bush.
In my soul, King David’s harp sings.
Like guardians, my square letters**
are always with me—
every letter is like a pillar of fire
in the global desert and the night.
My life is an eternal battle
and my bitter cup is sweet to me.
I am a Jew,
and in this prophetic hour,
whether you like hearing it or not,
I am here!

Translated from the Yiddish by Barnett Zumoff
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Evgeny Kissin

Евге́ний Ки́син

photo © Pierre-Anthony Allard
* 10.10.1971, Moscow, Russia
lives in: Prague, Czech Republic

The Russian pianist and composer Evgeny Kissin was born on 10 October 1971 in Moscow, Soviet Union. In 1991 the family left Russia and lived both in London and New York. Since 2002, Kissin has had British citizenship as well as Russian citizenship and, since 2013, Israeli citizenship. He began playing the piano at an early age. He gave his first solo concert at the age of 11 with piano concertos by Chopin and from then on was considered a child prodigy. Today he is one of the most outstanding pianists in the world.

 photo © gezett.de
Kissin came into contact with the Yiddish language as a child through his grandparents. As an adult he deepened his language skills, also by reading Yiddish poetry. Meanwhile he writes his own poems in Yiddish, which he calls his "Grandmother tongue".

Evgeny Kissin has received numerous awards for his musical work, including the Herbert von Karajan Music Prize and the Grammy. He lives with his wife Karina Arzumanova in Prague.

Publications
  • Memoirs and Reflections

    London: Orion Publishing Co, 2017

Links
  • Portrait of Evgeny Kissin in the Jewish Forward newspaper

    Website (en)
  • A website dedicated to Kissin's love for music and literature

    Website

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