Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
If you wish to reprint translations, please use the Reprint Basket (upper right hand corner).
Reminder: You must always use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
Неспящих солнце, грустная звезда, как слезно луч мерцает твой всегда, как темнота при нём ещё темней, как он похож на радость прежних дней! Так светит прошлое нам в жизненной ночи, но уж не греют нас бессильные лучи, звезда минувшего, ты в горе мне видна, видна, но далека, светла, но холодна.
About the headline (FAQ)
Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Sun of the sleepless", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 24, first published 1815
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sigizmund Mikhailovich Blumenfel'd (1852 - 1920), "Неспящих солнце, грустная звезда" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pallady Andreyevich Bogdanov (1881 - 1971), "Неспящих солнце, грустная звезда" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Неспящих солнце", op. 301 no. 8 (2019) [ voice and piano ], from 20 Lieder nach Alexei K. Tolstoi, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Неспящих солнце, грустная звезда", op. 41 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 1 (1897) [sung text checked 1 time]
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) , "Soleil de ceux qui ne dorment pas, astre mélancolique", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 50
Sun of the sleepless, sorrowful star, How tearfully your ray always flickers, How darkness is gloomier around its light, How it resembles the ghost of the days long gone! That way the past radiates for us in the night of life, But its powerless rays can't warm us any more, Star of the past, I can see you in my bitter hour, Visible, but far away, glowing, but cold.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2017 by Sergey Rybin, (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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Based on:
- a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Sun of the sleepless", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 24, first published 1815
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 69