Текст песни Осип Мандельштам - читает Борис Гребенщиков

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At a terrible height, a wandering fire!
But is that how the star twinkles?
A transparent star, a wandering fire -
Your brother, Petropolis, is dying!

At a terrible height, earthly dreams burn,
The green star flies.
Oh, if you are a star, - brother of water and sky, -
Your brother, Petropolis, is dying!

A monstrous ship at a terrible height
It rushes, spreads its wings ...
Green star - in perfect misery
Your brother, Petropolis, is dying.

Transparent spring over the black Neva
Broke, the wax of immortality melts ...
Oh, if you are a star - Petropolis, your city,
Your brother, Petropolis, is dying!

March 1918