Enchanted by the rose, a nightingale

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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Восточный романс

(Sung text for setting by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG ENG FRE

Пленившись розой, соловей
И день и ночь поёт над ней;
Но роза молча песням внемлет...
 ... 
На лире так певец иной
Поёт для девы молодой;
 ... 
А дева милая не знает --
Кому поёт и отчего
Печальны песни так его?...

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Composition:

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Соловей"

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

ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The nightingale and the rose"
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "A nightingale", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amanda Cole) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le rossignol", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Eastern romance

(Sung text translation for setting by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)

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Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Enchanted by the rose, a nightingale
Day and night sings above it;
But the rose listens silently...
An innocent dream envelops her...
In that way a poet with his lyre
Sings for a young maiden;
He burns with scorching passion
But the dear maiden knows not
To whom he sings and why
His songs are so full of melancholy.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Соловей"
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