The fragrant bird cherry | The fragrant bird cherry

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by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925)

Translation © by Jacob Wilde

Черемуха душистая

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Черемуха душистая
С весною расцвела
И ветки золотистые,
Что кудри, завила.

Кругом роса медвяная
Сползает по коре,
Под нею зелень пряная
Сияет в серебре.

А рядом у проталинки,
В траве, между корней,
Бежит, струится маленький
Серебряный ручей.

Черемуха душистая
Развесившись, стоит,
А зелень золотистая
На солнышке горит.

Ручей волной гремучею
Все ветки обдает
И вкрадчиво под кручею
Ей песенки поет.

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Text Authorship:

by Sergei Aleksandrovich Esenin (1895 - 1925) [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 Zara Aleksandrovna Levina (1906 - 1976), "Черемуха душистая", published 1972 [ voice and piano ], from Черемуха ; 6 романсов на стихи Сергея Есенина (Cheremukha: 6 romansov na stikhi Sergeja Jesenina) = 6 Romances on verses by Sergei Esenin, no. 1, Moscow : Muzyka [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "The fragrant bird cherry", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jacob Wilde [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-09-02
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Word count: 60

The fragrant bird cherry

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The fragrant bird cherry
Blossomed with spring
And its golden branches,
Like ringlets, twisted up.

All over the honeyed dew
Slips down along the bark,
Beneath it the spicy greenery
Shines within the silver.

And nearby the thawed patches,
In the grass, between the roots,
Runs, courses a small
Silver stream.

The fragrant bird cherry
Hangs, it stands,
With its golden greenery
Burning in the sunlight.

With a rattling wave the stream
Douses all the branches
And beneath the slope, suggestively,
Sings little songs to it.

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This text was added to the website: 2024-11-30
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Word count: 86