О, долго буду я, в молчаньи ночи тайной
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG FRE SPA
О, долго буду я, в молчаньи ночи тайной,
Коварный лепет твой, улыбку, взор случайный,
Перстам послушную [волос]1 густую прядь,
Из мыслей изгонять, и снова призывать;
Дыша порывисто, один, никем не зримый,
Досады и стыда румянами палимый,
Искать хотя одной загадочной черты
В словах, которые произносила ты;
Шептать и поправлять былые выраженья
Речей моих с тобой, исполненных смущенья,
И в опьянении, наперекор уму,
Заветным именем будить ночную [мглу]2.
S. Rachmaninov sets lines 1-4, 9-12
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1 Rachmaninov: "волос, волос твоих" ("volos, volos tvojikh")
2 Rachmaninov: "тьму" ("t'mu")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Boris Aleksandrovich Fitingof-Shel (1829 - 1901), "О, долго буду я", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 9 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Романсов на стихотворения А. Фета, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (1878 - 1942), "О, долго буду я", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "В молчаньи ночи тайной", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 3, lines 1-4,9-12 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 12
Word count: 70
Oh, for a long while, in the silence of...
Language: English after the Russian (Русский)
Oh, for a long while, in the silence of the mysterious night,
Your beguiling murmur, smile, fleeting glance,
A luscious strand of your hair, obedient to my fingers,
Will I banish from my thoughts - but then recall again;
Breathing impulsively, alone, unseen by anyone,
Blushing and burning with vexation and shame,
I will search for secret messages
In the words you uttered;
Whisper and reconsider the phrases
Of my embarrassed conversations with you,
And, as if intoxicated, against all reason,
With your cherished name awaken the nightly [haze]1.
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Translation of title "В молчаньи ночи тайной" = "In the silence of the mysterious night"
1 Rachmaninov: "darkness"
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Line count: 12
Word count: 90