Musique | La nuit, quand mon inquiétude tombe endormie

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

В ночь, когда уснёт тревога

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

В ночь, когда уснёт тревога
И город скроется во мгле,
О, сколько музыки у бога,
Какие звуки на земле!

Что буря жизни,
Если розы твои цветут мне и горят!
Что человеческие слёзы,
Когда румянится закат!

Прими, Владычица вселенной,
Сквозь кровь, сквозь муки, сквозь гроба
Последней страсти кубок пенный
От недостойного раба.

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921) [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Музыка", op. 127 no. 7 [ soprano, violin, violoncello, piano ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 - 1996), "Посвящение", op. 50 no. 1 (1951) [ voice and piano ], from За гранью прошлый дней, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Music", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Musique", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Musique

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

La nuit, quand mon inquiétude tombe endormie
et que la ville disparaît dans la brume --
oh, combien de musique a Dieu,
quels sons existent dans le monde !

Qu'est-ce que la tempête de la vie, quand tes roses
fleurissent et resplendissent pour moi !
Que sont les larmes humaines,
quand le coucher du soleil rougit cramoisi !

Accepte, O impératrice de l'univers --
par le sang, par les tourments, et par les tombes --
la coupe écumante de la passion finale
de ton esclave indigne !

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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-18
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