Gamayoun, l'oiseau prophète | Sur les eaux lisses des mers sans fin

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Гамаюн птица вещая

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

На гладях бесконечных вод,
Закатом в пурпур облечённых,
Она вещает и поёт,
Не в силах крыл поднять смятённых...
Вещает иго злых татар,
Вещает казней ряд кровавых,
И трус, и голод, и пожар,
Злодеев силу, гибель правых...
Предвечным ужасом объят,
Прекрасный лик горит любовью,
Но вещей правдою звучат
Уста, запекшиеся кровью!..

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Гамаюн, птица вещая", subtitle: "(Картина В. Васнецова)", written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 16 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Гамаюн птица вещая", op. 127 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (David Angell) , "Gamayun, the prophet bird", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Gamayun, the prophet bird", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Gamayoun, l'oiseau prophète", copyright © 2008, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 50

Gamayoun, l'oiseau prophète

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Sur les eaux lisses des mers sans fin,
vêtu de la pourpre du crépuscule,
il chante et nous prévient,
mais n'a pas la force de soulever ses ailes affaiblies.
Il nous prévient contre le joug des Tartares,
il prédit des horribles bains de sang,
des tremblements de terre, la famine, et le feu,
le pouvoir des scélérats, la destruction des innocents...
À l'annonce des horribles terreurs,
la beauté de son visage s'embrase d'amour
mais l'effroyable prophétie résonne
de ses lèvres, souillées de sang...

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), "Гамаюн, птица вещая", subtitle: "(Картина В. Васнецова)", written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 16
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 83