by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Language: Russian (Русский)
По небу полуночи ангел летел, И тихую песню он пел; И месяц, и звёзды, и тучи толпой Внимали той песне святой. Он пел о блаженстве безгрешных духов Под кущами райских садов; О боге великом он пел, и хвала Его непритворна была. Он душу младую в объятиях нёс Для мира печали и слёз; И звук его песни в душе молодой Остался -- без слов, но живой. И долго на свете томилась она, Желанием чудным полна, И звуков небес заменить не могли Ей скучные песни земли.
See also Tolstoy's poem Горними тихо летела душа небесами.
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Note on TransliterationsComposition:
- Set to music by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Ангел", op. 15 no. 6 (1895), published 1895 [ women's chorus (or children's chorus) and piano ], from Шесть хоров для женских или детских голосов (Shest' khorov dlja zhenskikh ili detskikh golosov) = Six choruses for women's or children's voices, no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Ангел", first published 1831
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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 (Dmitri Smirnov) , "The angel", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "The angel", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "L'ange"
- GER German (Deutsch) (Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt) , "Der Engel"
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