The beauty | Everything in her is harmony, a marvel

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Всё в ней гармония, всё диво

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Всё в ней гармония, всё диво,
всё выше мира и страстей, 
она покоится стыдливо
к расе торжественной своей;
она кругом себя взирает:
ей нет соперниц, нет подруг;
[Красавиц наших]¹ бледный круг
в её сиянье исчезает.
Куда бы ты ни поспешал,
хоть на любовное свиданье,
какое б в сердце ни питал
ты сокровенное мечтанье;
Но, встретясь с ней, смущенный,
ты вдруг остановишься невольно,
благоговея богомольно
перед святыней красоты.

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¹ Rimsky-Korsakov: "иных красавиц" ("inykh krasavic")

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Всё в ней гармония, всё диво" [sung text not yet checked]
by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936), "Красавица", 1888? [sung text not yet checked]
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Красавица", op. 51 (5 романсов на слова Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (5 romansov na slova Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 4 (1897) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "The beauty", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The beauty

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

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Everything in her is harmony, a marvel,
Everything is above the world and passions, 
She rests modestly
Within her solemn beauty;
She looks around:
There are no rivals or equals to her,
The usual pale circle of beauties
Disappears in her brilliance.
Wherever you are hurrying, 
Even to a love assignation, 
Harbouring within your heart
A secret yearning - 
Meeting her, you feel perplexed 
And stop involuntarily, 
Piously revering
The sanctity of beauty.

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