Серенада

О дитя, под окошком твоим 
Я тебе пропою серенаду...
Убаюкана пеньем моим,
Ты найдёшь в сновидеьях отраду;
Пусть твой сон и покой
В час безмолвный, ночной
Нежных звуков лелеют лобзанья!

Много горестей, много невзгод
[В дольнем мире тебя]1;
Спи же сладко, пока нет забот,
[И душа огорчений]2 не знает,
Спи во мраке ночном 
Безмятежным ты сном,
Спи, не зная земного страданья.

Пусть твой ангел-хранитель святой,
Милый друг, над тобою летает
И, лелея сон девственный твой,
[Песню рая тебе]3 напевает.
[Это]4 песни святой
Отголосок живой 
[Да дарует тебе]5 упованье.

Спи же, милая, спи, почивай
Под аккорды моей серенады!
Пусть приснится тебе светлый рай,
Преисполненный вечной отрады;
Пусть твой сон и покой
В час безмолвный, ночной
Нежных звуков лелеют лобзанья!

Translation(s): ENG GER

List of language codes

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Tchaikovsky: "Тебя в жизни, дитя, ожидаёт" ("Tebja v zhizni, ditja, ozhidajot")
² Tchaikovsky: "Пока сердце тревоги" ("Poka serdce trevogi")
³ Tchaikovsky: "Тебе райскую песнь" ("Tebe rajskuju pesn'")
⁴ Tchaikovsky: "Пусть той" ("Pust' toj")
⁵ Tchaikovsky: "Тебе в душу вселит" ("Tebe v dushu vselit")

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Authorship

• by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Серенада", op. 63 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Sechs Romanzen) no. 6 (1887), also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
  • Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]
    

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Serenade", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Serenade

О child, below your balcony
I’ll sing you a serenade…
Calmed by my singing,
You’ll find peace in dreams;
Let yourself sleep, and rest
In the silent hour of night,
Be filled with the delicate sound of cherished kisses!

Many sorrows, many hardships exist
[In the world below you]1;
Just sleep sweetly, until you have no worries
[And your grieving soul won’t know]2,
Sleep your serene sleep
In the darkness of the night,
Sleep, ignorant of earthly strife.

Let your holy guardian angel,
Dear friend, who hovers over you
And, lulling your childlike slumber,
Sing [you a song of paradise]3.
[This]4 divine song's
Living echo:
[oh yes, may it]5 give you hope.

Sleep well, my dear, sleep, rest
Beneath the harmonies of my serenade!
May you dream of a bright paradise,
Filled with everlasting joy;
Let yourself sleep, and rest
In the silent hour of night,
Be filled with the delicate sound of cherished kisses!

IMPORTANT NOTE: The material directly above is protected by copyright and appears here by special permission. If you wish to copy it and distribute it, you must obtain permission or you will be breaking the law. Once you have permission, you must give credit to the author and display the copyright symbol ©. Copyright infringement is a criminal offense under international law.

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ Tchaikovsky: “In life await you"
² Tchaikovsky: “And your heart knows no burden"
³ Tchaikovsky: “You a heavenly song"
⁴ Tchaikovsky: “May the"
⁵ Tchaikovsky: “Inspire your soul"

Authorship

• Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
  Contact:
  
  
  (licenses at lieder dot net)
  
  
  

• a text in Russian (Русский) by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2016-10-02.
Last modified: 2016-10-02 13:17:05
Line count: 28
Word count: 155