Hebrew Song from the Tragedy Prince Kholmsky | <i>The mist from the mountainous countries fell upon the valleys!</i>

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by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868)

Translation © by Jacob Wilde

С горных стран пал туман на долины

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

С горных стран пал туман на долины
и покрыл ряд могил Палестины.
Прах оцов ждёт веков обновленья,
ночи тень сменит день возвращенья!

Загорит, заблестит свет денницы,
и орган, и тимпан и цевницы,
и сребро, и добро, и святыню
понесём в старый дом, в Палестину.

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by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868) [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 Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Еврейская песня из трагедии ,,Князь Холмский``", 1840, from Proshchanije S. Peterburgom, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Andrey Vladimirovich Shcherbachyov (1869 - 1916), "С горных стран" [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "Hebrew Song from the Tragedy Prince Kholmsky", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Hebrew Song from the Tragedy Prince Kholmsky

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The mist from the mountainous countries fell upon the valleys! 
And covered a row of Palestinian graves. 
The ash of the fathers waits centuries of renewal, 
The day of return will replace night's shadow! 

The light of day will burn, it will shine, 
And organ, and timpani, and pipes, 
And silver, and goodness, and the shrine 
We will bring to our old home, to Palestine!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Nestor Vasil'yevich Kukol'nik (1809 - 1868)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-25
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Word count: 65