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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна
мне в очи соленою влагой;
недвижно на камне сижу я, полна
душа безотчетной отвагой.

Валы за валами, прибой и отбой,
и пена их гребни покрыла.
О, море, кого же мне вызвать на бой,
изведать воскресшие силы?

Почуяло сердце, что жизнь хороша,
вы, волны, размыкали горе,
от грома и плеска проснулась душа -
сродни ей шумящее море!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1858 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

  • by Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Дробится и плещет, и брызжет волна" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна", op. 55 (Восемь романсов = Vosem' romansov (Eight romances)) no. 3, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Дробится и плещет", op. 43 no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "У моря", op. 46 no. 1 (1897), from У моря (U morja), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна", op. 101 (Zwölf Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte), Heft 1 no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "Дробится, и плещет, и брызжет волна", op. 43 (Десять романсов) no. 2, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Lothar Kempter.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karolina Karlovna Pavlova (1807 - 1893) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

La vague se brise, éclabousse et arrose
Language: French (Français)  after the Russian (Русский) 
La vague se brise, éclabousse et arrose
Mes yeux d'humidité salée ;
Je suis assis immobile sur le rocher, l'âme
Pleine d'un courage irraisonné.

Vague après vague, montant et descendant,
Les crêtes sont couvertes d'écume.
Oh, mer, qui dois-je appeler pour lutter,
Pour connaître la puissance de la résurrection ?

Mon cœur sent que la vie est belle,
Vous, les vagues, avez dissipé le chagrin,
Mon âme s'est éveillée du tonnerre et des éclaboussures
Semblables au rugissement de la mer !

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Translations of title(s):
"Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна" = "La vague se brise, éclabousse et arrose"
"У моря" = "Grâce à la mer"


Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (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.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 78

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