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by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913)
Translation Singable translation by G. Löwenthal

Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG FRE
Я видел ночь. Она передо мной
Вся в черном шла, [прекрасная, живая]1,
Волшебница с поникшей головой,
Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая.

Прозрачен был её воздушный стан;
Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет,
И в тишине, как ласковый обман
Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет.

Казалось мне, [желанная]2 зовёт
Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью.
И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд,
Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!

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Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.

1 Musorgsky: "живая, молодая"
2 Musorgsky: "что чудная"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878)

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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 (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

Sommernacht
 (Sung text for setting by A. Arensky)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Russian (Русский) 
Ich sah die Nacht. Sie schritt vor mir daher,
ein herrlich Weib, gehüllt in Nebelschleier,
das Haupt gesenkt, wie von Gedanken schwer,
die Augen blitzend von verhalt'nem Feuer.

Durchsichtig war sie, Äther nur und Duft,
Ausströmend doch glutheißen Atems Wogen.
Nichts regte sich, und doch kam's durch die Luft
wie leises Liebeswort mir zugeflogen.

Es bannte mich, als riefe sie mir zu,
als lockte sie zu süßer Liebesfeier.
Ich folgte ihr, schritt ohne Rast und Ruh',
erfüllt von ihrem Schatten, ihrem Feuer.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Sommernacht", op. 44 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Sechs Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Jurgenson , also set in Russian (Русский)

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by G. Löwenthal

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878)
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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-12-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 82

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