Le rossignol | Captivé par la rose, le rossignol

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by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Соловей

(Sung text for setting by A. Rubinstein)

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Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG ENG FRE

Пленившись розой, соловей
И день и ночь поёт над ней;
Но роза молча песням внемлет...
Невинный сон её объемлет... 
На лире так певец иной
Поёт для девы молодой;
Он страстью пламенной сгорает,
А дева милая не знает --
Кому поёт и отчего
Печальны песни так его?...

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Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842), "Соловей"

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

ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "The nightingale and the rose"
ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "A nightingale", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Amanda Cole) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le rossignol", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Le rossignol

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Rubinstein)

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

Captivé par la rose, le rossignol
Chante jour et nuit au-dessus d'elle ;
Mais la rose écoute en silence son chant...
Plongée dans son rêve innocent
Et ainsi avec sa lyre un certain chanteur
Chante à une jeune fille ;
Il brûle d'une passion ardente,
Mais sa bien-aimée ne sait pas
À qui il chante et pourquoi
Ses chants sont si mélancoliques.

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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