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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Нам звёзды кроткие сияли
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Нам звёзды кроткие сияли,
чуть веял тихий ветерок,
кругом цветы благоухали,
и волны ласково журчали
у наших ног.

Мы были юны, мы любили,
и с верой в даль смотрели мы;
в нас грёзы радужные жили,
и нам не страшны вьюги были
седой зимы.

Где ж эти ночи с их сияньем,
с благоухающей красой
и волн таинственным ронтаньем,
надежд, восторжённых мечтаний
где светлый рой? 

Померкли звёзды, и уныло
поникли блеклые цветы...
Когда ж, о сердце, все, что было,
что нам весна с тобой дарила,
забудешь ты?

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•   P. Tchaikovsky 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Слова для музыки" [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 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866 - 1901), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Viktor Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1870 - 1927), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли", op. 60 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve romances) = Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 12 (1886) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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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 © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 85

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