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Я знаю, отчего у этих берегов Раздумье тайное объемлет дух пловцов: Там нимфа грустная с распущенной косою, Полузакрытая певучей осокою, Порою песнь поёт про шелк своих власов, Лазурь заплаканных очей, жемчуг зубов И сердце, полное любви неразделенной. Проедет ли челнок-пловец обвороженный, Её заслушавшись, перестает грести; Замолкнет ли она -- но долго на пути Ему всё чудятся напевы над водою И нимфа в камышах, с распущенной косою.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1841, appears in В антологическом роде (V antologicheskom rode) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Grigory Alekseyevich Alchevsky (1866 - 1920), "Я знаю отчего у этих берегов" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Grigoryevich Grasgof (b. 1881), "Я знаю отчего у этих берегов" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Нимфа", op. 56 (2 романса на слова Майкова для сопрано с сопровождением фортепиано (2 romansa na slova Majkova dlja soprano s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 (1898) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Petrovich Vasilyev , "Я знаю отчего у этих берегов" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kyle Gee) , "The nymph", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La nymphe", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
I know why sailors are captured by a mysterious, thoughtful mood around these shores: Here there is a melancholy nymph with a loose braid, almost hidden through the singing reeds, who sometimes sings a song about the silk of her hair, the azure of her tearful eyes, the pearls of her teeth and her heart, filled with unrequited love. When a small boat passes by -- an entranced sailor, listens to her, and stops rowing; She stops singing -- but for long after that He seems to hear her singing over the water and sees a nymph among the reeds, with her loose hair.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2014 by Kyle Gee, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), no title, written 1841, appears in В антологическом роде (V antologicheskom rode)
This text was added to the website: 2014-01-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 102