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Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд,
Мчатся в ряд!
Колокольчики звенят,
Серебристым лёгким звоном слух наш сладостно томят,
Этим пеньем и гуденьем о забвенье говорят.
О, как звонко, звонко, звонко,
Точно звучный смех ребёнка,
В ясном воздухе ночном
Говорят они о том,
Что за днями заблужденья
Наступает возрожденье,
Что волшебно наслажденье -- наслажденье нежным сном.
Сани мчатся, мчатся в ряд,
Колокольчики звенят,
Звёзды слушают, как сани, убегая, говорят,
И, внимая им, горят,
И мечтая, и блистая, в небе духами парят;
И изменчивым сияньем,
Молчаливым обаяньем,
Вместе с звоном, вместе с пеньем, о забвенье говорят.
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Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Из Мировой Поэзии, Берлин: Изд. Слово, 1921, pages 80-83.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola), no. 1 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), no title, appears in The Bells, no. 1
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky (1891 - 1942), as Vladimir Mitrofanovich Korsunsky, "Колокольчики и колокола" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), no title, op. 35 no. 1, published 1920 [ chorus, soprano, tenor, baritone solo voices, and orchestra ], from Колокола (Kolokola), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 93
Listen! Sleds rushing past in a row, Rushing past in a row! Their tiny bells ringing, Their easy, silvery peal falls on our ears like ambrosia, Their humming and pinging whisper of oblivion. O how clearly, clearly, clearly -- Indeed, with sonorous childlike laughter -- In the clear night air They tell the tale, Of how deception and delusion Will be followed by renewal And that enchanting delight -- delightful, tender sleep. Sleds rushing, rushing past in a row, Their tiny bells ringing, Stars hear how the escaping sleds whisper, And, following them, glow, And dream, and shine, in the sky hovering; And their fickle light Silently enchanting, Together with the ringing, together with the singing, tell of oblivion.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola), no. 1 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), no title, appears in The Bells, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 116