Into the heavenly, infinite expanse, you are gliding

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by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis

Translation © by Aleksey Berg

В простор небес безбрежный ускользая

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: ENG

В простор небес безбрежный ускользая,
В блаженный край, где ангелы святые
Вкушают мир в долине безмятежной,
Ты вознеслась, навеки покидая прекрасных жён,
Но не земные беды, не летний зной,
Не холод бури снежной нас разлучил
С твоей душою нежной,
В пределы рая Биче увлекая...
Но сам Творец в безмолвном
Восхищенье призвал своё бессмертное творенье,
К бесплотным сонмам Биче приобщая...
Чтоб нашей жизни горе и волненье
Твоей души безгрешной не коснулись,
Твои глаза последним сном сомкнулись.

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by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis, no title [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), appears in La vita nuova
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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), "Канцона XXXII", op. 26 no. 2 (1908), published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Стихотворений из сборника Эллисъ «Иммортели» (10 Stikhotvorenij iz sbornika Ellis 'Immorteli') = 10 Poems from Ellis's Immortelles, no. 2, Berlin : Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Berthold Feiwel)

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 75

Into the heavenly, infinite expanse, you...

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Into the heavenly, infinite expanse, you are gliding,
Into the blessed land where holy Angels
Are enjoying peace in the serene dale,
You ascended, forever leaving behind,
Beautiful wives, but neither earthly troubles,
nor summer heat, nor the cold of a snow storm
did part us with your tender soul,
Into the bounds of paradise leading Beatrice...
But the creator himself, in silent admiration,
Called upon his immortal creation,
as he was raising Beatrice to the spectral realm...
Our life's grief and worry
should not touch your sinless soul,
and your eyes should close in your last dream.

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis, no title [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Italian (Italiano) by Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), appears in La vita nuova
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 14
Word count: 98