O nieznanym rosyjskim rękopisie Aleksandra Wata
On Aleksander Wat’s Unknown Russian Manuscript

Summary/Abstract: 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.

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