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

Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Вся в черном шла, [прекрасная, живая]1,
Волшебница с поникшей головой,
Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая.

Прозрачен был её воздушный стан;
Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет,
И в тишине, как ласковый обман
Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет.

Казалось мне, [желанная]2 зовёт
Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью.
И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд,
Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!

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•   M. Musorgsky 

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Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.

1 Musorgsky: "живая, молодая"
2 Musorgsky: "что чудная"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878) [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Летная ночь", op. 8 (Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Летная ночь", op. 44 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Sechs Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Летняя ночь", op. 50 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Ночь, 4 романса на слова гр. А.Голенищева-Кутузова, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf (1886 - 1942), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Видение", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by G. Löwenthal ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, Anton Stepanovich Arensky.
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Other 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 (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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