by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
Translation © by Jennifer Gliere

Дуют ветры, ветры буйные
 (Sung text for setting by M. Musorgsky)
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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.

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

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Composition:

    Set to music by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Дуют ветры, ветры буйные", 1864, published 1911, stanzas 1-3,1-2

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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


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 63

Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
The winds blow, 
Stormy winds.
Storm clouds,
Dark storm clouds gather.

No daylight
can be seen in them,
No red sun
Can be seen in them.

In the damp gloom,
Beyond the mist,
Only the night
That is almost black…

The winds blow, 
Stormy winds.
Storm clouds,
Dark storm clouds gather.

No daylight
can be seen in them,
No red sun
Can be seen in them.

 ...

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

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Word count: 53