Фонтан любви, фонтан живой!
Language: Russian (Русский)
Фонтан любви, фонтан живой!
Принёс я в дар тебе две розы.
Люблю немолчный говор твой
И поэтические слёзы.
Твоя серебряная пыль
Меня кропит росою хладной:
Ах, лейся, лейся, ключ отрадный!
Журчи, журчи свою мне быль...
Фонтан любви, фонтан печальный!
И я твой мрамор вопрошал;
Хвалу стране прочел я дальной;
Но о Марии ты молчал...
Светило бледное гарема!
И здесь ужель забвенно ты?
Или Мария и Зарема
Один счастливые мечты?
Иль только сон воображенья
В пустынной мгле нарисовал
Свои минутные виденья,
Души неясный идеал?
A. Gurilyov sets stanzas 1-4
V. Vlasov sets stanzas 1-3
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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 Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884 - 1949), "Бахчисарайский фонтан", note: this is a ballet based on the poem and has no vocal part [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Lvovich Gurilyov (1803 - 1858), "К фонтану Бахчисарайского дворца", stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vanno Ilyich Muradeli (1909 - 1970), "Фонтан любви" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Фонтану", subtitle: "Бахчисарайского дворца", published 1829?-32? [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov (1902 - 1986), "Фонтану Бахчисарайского дворца", stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The Bakhchysarai Palace fountain", copyright © 2023, (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.
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Word count: 83
The Bakhchysarai Palace fountain
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
Fountain of love, fountain of life!
I brought an offering to you, two roses.
I love your ceaselessly murmuring voice
And poetic tears.
Your silvery dust
Settles on me like cold dewdrops:
Ah, flow, flow, [in your] comforting way!
Babble, babble [a tale of the] past to me...
Fountain of love, fountain of sorrow!
I asked your marble [lips];
I heard tales in praise of distant lands;
But about Maria you have been silent...
The pale light of the harem!
Out here, are you oblivious [to it]?
Or [are] Mary and Zarema
Only happy dreams?
Or [is this] only an imaginary dream
Of the desert, I pictured in the darkness:
Your momentary visions,
My soul's ephemeral ideal?
Translator's note: Bakhchysarai is a town near the Black Sea on the Crimean peninsula. Pushkin’s poem refers to the “Fountain of Tears” - image here [wikipedia]
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2023 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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