Your glance is as radiant as the heavens

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Как небеса, твой взор блистает

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

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Language: Russian (Русский)

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Как небеса, твой взор блистает
Эмалью голубой,
Как поцелуй, звучит и тает
Твой голос молодой;

За звук один волшебной речи,
За твой единый взгляд,
Я бросить рад красавца сечи,
Грузинский мой булат;

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Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title

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Your glance is as radiant as the heavens

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

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Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Your glance is as radiant as the heavens
With its azure enamel; 
Your youthful voice like a kiss 
Vibrates and melts away.

Just for the sound of your magical accents, 
For your single gaze
I'd gladly give up the hero of the battle - 
My Georgian dagger...

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