Les vents soufflent

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

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

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Дуют ветры, ветры буйные

(Sung text for setting by M. Musorgsky)

See original

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Дуют ветры, 
ветры буйные,
Ходят тучи, 
ходят тучи тёмные.

Не видать в них 
света белого,
Не видать в них 
солнца красного.

Во сырой во мгле, 
за туманами,
Только ночка, 
лишь чернеется —

Дуют ветры, 
ветры буйные,
Ходят тучи, 
ходят тучи тёмные.

Не видать в них 
света белого,
Не видать в них 
солнца красного.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,1-2 of the original text.

Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST

Note on Transliterations

Composition:

Modest Petrovich Musorgsky

Text Authorship:

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

See other settings of this text.

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

ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Longings"
ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "Es pfeift der Wind", copyright © 2009, (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: 24
Word count: 63

Les vents soufflent

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Musorgsky)

See original

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Les vents soufflent,
Des vents violents,
Il y a des nuages,
Des nuages sombres.

Je ne vois pas à travers eux
De lumière du jour,
Je ne vois pas à travers eux
Le soleil rouge.

Dans l'obscurité humide
Dans le brouillard,
Il y a seulement la nuit,
Seulement du noir.

Les vents soufflent,
Des vents violents,
Il y a des nuages,
Des nuages sombres.

Je ne vois pas à travers eux
De lumière du jour,
Je ne vois pas à travers eux
Le soleil rouge.

 ...

About the headline (FAQ)

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,1-2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 101