In den vier Wänden | Enges Zimmerchen, still, liebgewonnen

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)

Translation © by Frieder Anders

В четырёх стенах

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER

Комнатка [скромная, тесная]¹, милая,
Тень непроглядная, тень безответная,
Дума глубокая, песня унылая,
В бьющемся сердце надежда заветная;

[Тихий]² полёт за мгновеньем мгновения,
Взор неподвижный на счастье далёкое;
Много сомнения, много терпения...
Вот она, ночь моя -- ночь одинокая!

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• M. Musorgsky

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¹ Musorgsky: "тесная, тихая"
² Musorgsky: "Быстрый"

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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "В четырёх стенах", first published 1874 [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 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "В четырёх стенах", 1874, published 1874, from Без солнца = Bez solnca, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Shefer (1866 - 1914), "В четырёх стенах" [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Within four walls", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Entre quatre murs", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "In den vier Wänden", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Zwischen vier Wänden", copyright © 2017, (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: 8
Word count: 40

In den vier Wänden

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)

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Enges  Zimmerchen,  still, liebgewonnen,
undurchschaubare Schatten, Schatten ohne Antwort,
tiefer Gedanke,  schwermütiges Lied,
im pochenden Herzen  verborgene Hoffnung,

im schnellem Flug folgt Augenblick auf Augenblick,
den Blick unbeweglich auf das entfernte Glück gerichtet.
Viele Zweifel, viel Geduld;
Das ist meine Nacht, einsame Nacht.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "В четырёх стенах", first published 1874
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-02
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