Once again, sleep does not come to my weary eyes

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Ночь

(Sung text for setting by S. Rachmaninov)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Снова сон на усталые очи нейдёт
Я один... Но в немой тишине
Кто-то тихо мне скорбные песни поёт
Наклоняется нежно ко мне.

Замирает душа... Очарованный слух 
Ловит звуки знакомых речей...
То не ты ли, желанный, неведомый друг,
Грёза детских, умчавшихся дней?

 ... 

Истомилася грудь от вседневных тревог,
Гаснет в сердце желаний всех пыл...
И давно уже мне мой насмешливый рок
Все дороги к блаженству закрыл.

Дорогает свеча... Ночь глухая плывёт.
Я один... И в немой тишине
Кто-то тихо мне скорбные песни поёт,
Наклоняется нежно ко мне.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

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Composition:

Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov

Text Authorship:

by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937), "Под шепот мечты", written 1893, first published 1893

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Night

(Sung text translation for setting by S. Rachmaninov)

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Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Once again, sleep does not come to my weary eyes.
I am alone... but in the still silence
Someone sings a mournful song softly to me,
Someone leans gently toward me. 

My soul goes still. My enchanted ear
Catches the sound of familiar words.
Is that not you, my beloved, my mysterious friend,
The dream of childhood, of days long past?

 ... 

My soul is weary from all the day's disturbances,
All the fervor of my heart has been extinguished...
And mocking fate has long since 
closed all the roads to bliss.

A candle is burning low... oblivious night draws onward.
I am alone... and in the still silence 
Someone sings a mournful song softly to me,
Someone leans gently toward me.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2,4-5 of the original text.

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