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Odinokij strannik

Song Cycle by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Translated to:

English — The Lonely Wanderer

1. Прелюдия

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2. Ангел
 (Sung text)

Language: Russian (Русский) 
По небу полуночи ангел летел,
  И тихую песню он пел;
И месяц, и звёзды, и тучи толпой
  Внимали той песне святой.

Он пел о блаженстве безгрешных духов
  Под кущами райских садов;
О боге великом он пел, и хвала 
  Его непритворна была.

Он душу младую в объятиях нёс
  Для мира печали и слёз;
И звук его песни в душе молодой
  Остался -- без слов, но живой.

И долго на свете томилась она,
  Желанием чудным полна,
И звуков небес заменить не могли
  Ей скучные песни земли.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Ангел", first published 1831

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "The angel", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "The angel", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "L'ange"
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt) , "Der Engel"

See also Tolstoy's poem Горними тихо летела душа небесами.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

3. Интерлюдия I

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4. Одиночество
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Никто моим словам не внемлет... я один.
День гаснет... красными рисуясь полосами,
На запад уклонились тучи, и камин
Трещит передо мной. -- Я полон весь мечтами,
О будущем... и дни мои толпой
Однообразною проходят предо мной,
И тщетно я ищу смущенными очами
Меж них хоть день один, отмеченный судьбой!

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  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, first published 1836-7

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  • ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

5. Интерлюдия II

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6. Горные вершины
 (Sung text)

Language: Russian (Русский) 
Горные вершины
Спят во тьме ночной.
Тихие долины
Полны свежей мглой.
Не пылит дорога,
Не дрожат листы.
Подожди немного,
Отдохнёшь и ты.

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  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), first published 1840

Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Ein Gleiches", written 1780, first published 1815
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "Mountain heights", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Marc Pierre) , "Les cimes des montagnes", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 154
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