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by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)

Не ветер вея с высоты
 (Sung text for setting by A. Rubinstein)
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Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FRE
Не ветер, вея с высоты,
Листов коснулся ночью лунной.
Моей души коснулась ты.
Она тревожна, как листы,
Она, как гусли, многострунна.

Житейский вихрь её терзал
И сокрушительным набегом,
Свистя и воя, струны рвал
И заносил холодным снегом.

Твоя же речь ласкает слух,
Твоё легко прикосновенье,
Как от цветов летящий пух,
Как майской ночи дуновенье.

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Note on Transliterations

Composition:

    Set to music by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Не ветер вея с высоты"

Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1851/2

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "It was not the wind", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ce n'est pas le vent qui souffle des hauteurs", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 54

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