In a little room, a lamp

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Laura Stanfield Prichard

Колыбельная песнь в бурю

(Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

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 ... 

«Akh уймись ты, буря!
Не шумите, ели!
Мой малютка дремлет
Сладко в колыбели!

Ты, гроза Господня,
Не буди ребёнка!
Пронеситесь, тучи
Черные, сторонкой.»

Бурь ещё не мало
Впереди, быть-может,
И не раз забота
Сон его встревожит.

Спи, дитя, спокойно!
Вот гроза стихает,
Матери молитва
Сон твой охраняет.

Завтра, как проснёшься
И откроешь глазки,
Снова встретишь солнце,
И любовь, и ласки.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-9 of the original text.

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Composition:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "В бурю"

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ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Lullaby in a storm

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

 ... 

«Ah calm yourself, tempest!
Don’t fuss, fir trees!
My little one is napping
Sweetly in his cradle!

You, the voice from God on high,
Don’t wake the baby!
Pass by, clouds
Of black, go on your way.»

More storms, and not a few,
May be ahead for him, perhaps,
And more than once, worry
Will disturb his slumber.

Sleep, child, quietly!
This storm is passing,
Mother’s prayer
Protects your slumber.

Tomorrow, when you wake
And open your little eyes,
Once again you’ll welcome the sun,
And love, and my caress.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-9 of the original text.

Translated titles
"В бурю" = "In a storm"
"Колыбельная песнь в бурю" = "Lullaby in a storm"

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