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Хотел бы в единое слово Я слить мою грусть и печаль, И бросить то слово на ветер, Чтоб ветер унёс его вдаль. И пусть-бы то слово печали По ветру к тебе донеслось, И пусть-бы всегда и повсюду Оно [к]1 тебе в сердце лилось. И если [б]2 усталые очи Сомкнулись под грëзой ночной, О, пусть-бы то слово печали Звучало во сне над тобой!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Желание", 1866, published 1911 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yakiv Stepanovich Stepovyi (1883 - 1921), "Хотел бы в единое слово" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksey Vladimirovich Taskin (1871 - 1942), "Хотел бы в единое слово", also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Хотел бы в единое слово", 1875, from Dve pesen, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je voudrais en un seul mot", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 64
I'd like to merge into a single word All my melancholy and sorrow, And throw that word to the wind, So the wind carries it far away… And let that word of sorrow Travel with the wind to you, So always and everywhere It would flow into your heart. And if your tired eyes Would close with a nocturnal dream, Oh, let that word of sorrow Ring in your dream… In your dream above you.
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Translation of title "Желание" (Zhelanije) = "Desire"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862), no title, first published 1859
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Die Heimkehr, no. 61
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-26
Line count: 13
Word count: 75