by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis
Translation © by Aleksey Berg

Порою музыка мой дух влечёт, как море
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Порою музыка мой дух влечёт, как море;
К тебе, к тебе, звезда моя,
В тумане сумрачном, в эфирных волн просторе
В тот час стремлюся я...

И вот крепчает грудь при яростном напоре...
И, парус распустя,
По бешеным хребтам чернеющего моря
Несется вверх ладья.

И снова грудь моя полна безумной страстью,
И снова я лечу над гибельною пастью,
Но вдруг затихнет всё, и в глубине пучин,

Сквозь блеск воды зеркальной, 
я созерцаю вновь,
Безмолвный и печальный, отчаянье своё.

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  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hedwig Lachmann) , "Wiederschein"


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Music often transports me like a sea!
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
Music often transports me like a sea!
Toward my pale star,
Under a ceiling of mist or vast ether,
I set sail;

My chest thrust out and my lungs filled
Like a canvas,
I scale the slopes of wave upon wave
That the night obscures;

I feel vibrating within me all the passions
Of ships in distress;
The good wind and the tempest with its convulsions

Over the vast gulf cradle me.
At other times, dead calm, great mirror
Of my despair!

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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
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Word count: 82