A Dream | I heard sweet singing

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by Yury Alekseyevich Veselovsky (1872 - 1919)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Сон

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Armenian (հայերեն)

Our translations: ENG

Я услышал напев сладкозвучный, —
‎Моя мать была снова со мной!..
Сердце радостью вновь озарилось, —
‎Но, увы! то был сон золотой!

И журчал ручеёк, протекая…
‎Он жемчужные струи катил;
Как кристалл, был он чист и прозрачен, —
‎Но… лишь сон то обманчивый был!

И родные, печальные звуки
Вновь о детстве напомнили мне…
Словно мать меня вновь целовала…
‎Но, увы! это было во сне!..

Мать к груди меня нежно прижала,
‎И рыдал я, душой умилён…
Она слёзы мои осушала…
‎Ах, зачем это был только сон!..

Confirmed with Армянская муза — М: Типо-литогр. Т-ва И. Н. Кушнерев и Ко,1907.

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Text Authorship:

by Yury Alekseyevich Veselovsky (1872 - 1919), "Сон" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Armenian (հայերեն) by Smbat Shahaziz (1841 - 1907), "Երազ"
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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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Сон", op. 75 no. 3 (1907), published c1907 [ voice and piano ], from Семь стихотворений Армянских поэтов, no. 3, Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "A Dream", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

A Dream

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

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I heard sweet singing, -
My mother was with me again!..
My heart was again lightened by joy, -
But, alas, it was a golden dream.

The brook was murmuring, running by,
Rolling its pearly waters,
It was pure and clear like crystal,
But… it was a deceitful dream!

And dear melancholy sounds
Have reminded me of childhood…
As if my mother were kissing me again…
But, alas, it was in a dream!..

My mother tenderly pressed me to her breast,
And I cried, my soul moved with emotion…
She was drying my tears…
Ah, why was it only a dream?...

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Yury Alekseyevich Veselovsky (1872 - 1919), "Сон"
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Based on:

a text in Armenian (հայերեն) by Smbat Shahaziz (1841 - 1907), "Երազ"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2023-10-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 99