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Ароматной, весеннею ночью Я на небо гляжу ненаглядно Когда море, уснувшее ночью Так прекрасно, так мирно отрадно. Когда слышу, как злак прозябает И как пьёт он дыхание ночи, Тебя сердце моё призывает, Тебя видят во всём мои очи. Будто смотришь ты теми звездами, Будто дышешь дыханьем природы, Расцветаешь ночными цветами, Населяешь и воздух и воды. Когда слышу вечерние звуки, Те, что льются, что в воздухе тают, И таинственно с счастием муки И с покоем тревогу мешают, Тогда кажется, будто незримо Ты ко мне издалёка несешься, Будто, чую, промчалася мимо, Будто пламенем по сердцу льёшься. Что родного, скажи мне, сокрыто В этой ночи и в звуках с тобою И какая струна у них слита С моим сердцем, с моею судьбою.
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- by Nikolay Fyodorovich Shcherbina (1821 - 1869) [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Ноктюрн", op. 17 (10 Романсов) no. 7, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: M.P. Belaieff [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "夜曲", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "Nocturne", copyright © 2019, (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: 24
Word count: 119
In fragrant springtime I peer intently into the sky, When the sea, dormant in the night Is so beautiful, so peacefully joyful. When I hear how grass germinates And how it drinks in the breath of the night, For you my heart calls, My eyes see you in everything. It is as if you were looking [at me] through those stars, like eyes, It is as if you were breathing with the breath of nature, Blossoming in the night flowers And populating both air and waters. When I hear the sounds of the evening Which flow and melt in the air, And mysteriously blend in them Happiness, torment and peace, Then it seems that towards me You fly from afar, And rushing by - I feel - You spread fire through my heart. Tell me, what is so dear Hidden in this night's sounds and in you, And what string resonates in them With my heart, with my destiny?
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Nikolay Fyodorovich Shcherbina (1821 - 1869)
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 157