Über dem Fluss | Stiller Mond, ferne Gestirne

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Месяц задумчивый, звёзды далёкие

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER

Месяц задумчивый, звёзды далёкие
С [синего]¹ неба водами любуются.
Молча смотрю я на воды глубокие:
Тайны волшебные сердцем в них чуются.
Плешут, таятся, ласкательно нежные;
Много в их ропоте силы чарующей:
Слышатся думы и страсти безбрежные.
Голос неведомый, душу волнующий,
Нежит, пугает, наводит сомнение.
Слушать велит-ли он? с места-б не сдвинулся;
Гонит-ли прочь? -- Убежал-бы в смятении.
В глубь-ли зовёт? -- Без оглядки-б я кинулся! ...

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¹ Balakirev: "темного" ("temnogo")

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913) [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Над озером", op. 44 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Sechs Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Над озером", 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Над рекой", 1874, published 1874, from Без солнца = Bez solnca, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "Над озером" [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by G. Löwenthal ; composed by Anton Stepanovich Arensky.

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Word count: 64

Über dem Fluss

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)

Stiller Mond, ferne Gestirne -
vom blauen Himmel blicken staunend sie aufs Wasser.
Stumm schaue ich des Wassers Tiefen:
Mein Herz spürt seinen Zauber, sein Geheimnis.
Es tänzelt, schwindet, liebevoll und sanft;
in seinem Murmeln ist viel Zauberkraft:
Man hört Gedanken, grenzenlose Leidenschaften.
Ein unbekanntes Raunen, das mein Herz bewegt,
kost und erschreckt mich und weckt Zweifel.
Weist es mich an, zu lauschen? Ich rühr’ mich nicht vom Fleck.
Treibt es mich weg? Bestürzt renn ich davon.
Ruft’s mich zu sich herab? Ohn’ Zögern stürz’ ich mich Wassers Tiefen.

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2017 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-11-13
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