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Я долго стоял неподвижно, В далёкие звёзды вглядясь, — Меж теми звездами и мною Какая-то связь родилась. Я думал… не помню, что думал; Я слушал таинственный хор, И звёзды тихонько дрожали, И звёзды люблю я с тех пор…
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Звёзды", op. 8 (Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandra Dormidontovna Kochetova (1833 - 1902), "Я долго стоял" [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (1878 - 1942), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Звёзды", VWV 1059 (1865) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Stars", copyright © 2021
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 38
For a long time I stood unmoving, Looking up at the distant stars; Between those stars and me A kind of connection was born. I thought... I don't remember what I thought... I listened to the mysterious chorus, The stars trembling softly, And I have loved the stars ever since!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2021 by Emily Ezust
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 50