O nieznanym rosyjskim rękopisie Aleksandra Wata

Abstract

ON ALEKSANDER WAT’S UNKNOWN RUSSIAN MANUSCRIPT This text is a presentation of a so far unknown work by Aleksander Wat found in the archive of the poet in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. It is a part of Alexander Wat Papers with the signature GEN MSS 705 (Box 22 Folder 467). The work was entitled Przypowieść o wróblu, chłopie i wilku ( Parable of a Sparrow, a Peasant and a Wolf ) and was written as a libretto to the musical composition of Nicolas Nabokov entitled The Parable of the Sparrow . The Russian version of the song, its transcription, and literal and poetic translations into Polish are included in the paper. Philological and historical literary commentaries complement the presentation.