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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Певец

(Sung text for setting by Z. Levina)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

Слыхали ль вы за рощей глас ночной
Певца любви, певца своей печали?
Когда поля в час утренний молчали,
Свирели звук унылый и простой
Слыхали ль вы, слыхали ль вы?

Встречали ль вы в пустынной тьме лесной
Певца любви, певца своей печали?
Прискорбную ль улыбку замечали,
Иль тихий взор, исполненный тоской,
Встречали вы, встречали вы?

Вздохнули ль вы, внимая тихий глас
Певца любви, певца своей печали?
Когда в лесах вы юношу видали,
Встречая взор его потухших глаз,
Вздохнули ль вы, вздохнули ль вы?

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Zara Aleksandrovna Levina

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Певец", first published 1816

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ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "The singer", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "The Singer", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le chanteur", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt) , "Der Sänger", appears in Lieder aus der Fremde: In Beiträgen von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Adolf Elissen, Ferdinand Freiligrath, usw., first published 1857

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Word count: 86

Le chanteur

(Sung text translation for setting by Z. Levina)

See original

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

Avez-vous entendu derrière le bosquet la voix de la nuit
Du chanteur de l'amour, du chanteur de la tristesse ?
Quand les champs à l'heure de l'aube font silence,
Le son du pipeau mélancolique et simple
L'avez-vous entendu, l'avez-vous entendu ?

Avez-vous rencontré dans la forêt déserte et sombre
Le chanteur de l'amour, le chanteur de la tristesse ?
Avez-vous remarqué des larmes ou un sourire,
Un regard doux, plein de tristesse,
L'avez-vous rencontré, l'avez-vous rencontré ?

Avez-vous soupiré en écoutant la douce voix
Du chanteur de l'amour, du chanteur de la tristesse ?
Quand dans les bois vous avez vu un jeune homme,
Croisant le regard de ses yeux tristes
Avez-vous soupiré, avez-vous soupiré ?

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