J'ouvris la fenêtre | J'ouvris la fenêtre -- il faisait trop chaud

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by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Растворил я окно

(Sung text for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Растворил я окно - стало dushno не в мочь, -
    опустился пред ним на колени,
и в лицо мне пахнула весенняя ночь
    благовонным дыханьем сирени.

А вдали где-то чудно zapel соловей;
    я внимал ему с грустью глубокой...
И с тоскою о родине вспомнил своей;
    об отчизне я вспомнил далекой,

Где родной соловей песнь родную поёт
    и, не зная земных огорчений,
заливается целую ночь напролёт
    над душистою веткой сирени...

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Composition:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

German (Deutsch)

Text Authorship:

by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915)

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

ENG English (Leonid Gulchin) , "I opened the window", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "By an open window", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ouvris la fenêtre", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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J'ouvris la fenêtre

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Tchaikovsky)

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Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

J'ouvris la fenêtre -- il faisait trop chaud,
  Et je tombai à genoux,
Et je sentis la nuit du printemps sur mon visage
  Avec son souffle parfumé de lilas.

Et quelque part au loin un rossignol chanta ;
  Je l'écoutais avec une profonde tristesse...
Et je pensais tristement à ma patrie ;
  Je me rappelais ma lointaine patrie,

Où le rossignol de la maison chante un chant de mon pays natal,
  Et ne connaissant pas les afflictions terrestres,
Il chante toute la nuit d'affilée,
  Sur la branche parfumée du lilas...

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