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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

Люблю тебя, месяц
 (Sung text for setting by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG
Люблю тебя, месяц, когда озаряешь
Толпу шаловливых красавиц, идущих
С ночного купанья домой!

Прекрасен ты, воздух, неся издалека
С венков их роскошных волну аромата,
Их нам возвещая приход.

Прекрасно ты, море, когда твою свежесть
Я слышу у них на груди н ланитах,
И в чёрных, тяжёлых косах...

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Люблю тебя, месяц", op. 41 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Купальщицы", subtitle: "(Мелодия с берегов Ганга)"

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2023


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 49

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