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by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824)
Translation by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Lines written in an album, at Malta
Language: English 
As o'er the cold sepulcher stone
  Some name arrests the passer-by;
Thus, when thou view'st this page alone,
  May mine attract thy pensive eye!

And when by thee that name is read,
  Perchance in some succeeding year,
Reflect on me as on the dead,
  And think my Heart is buried here. 

Malta, September 14, 1809. First published in Childe Harold, 1812 (4to).


Text Authorship:

  • by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Lines written in an album, at Malta" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , "In ein Stammbuch", appears in Jugendgedichte, in 4. Viertes Buch, in Escheberg. Sankt Goar [an adaptation] ; composed by Rudolph Bergh, Gustav Bergmann, Max Reger, Ernst Walter-Choinanus, né Ernst Walter.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841) , "В альбом", subtitle: "Из Байрона" ; composed by Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev, Leonid Ovanesovich Bakalov, Yury Sergeyevich Biryukov, Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyryov, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Buslov, Sofya Nikolayevna Chicherina, César Antonovich Cui, A. F. Galeyevsky, Isay Yakovlevich Galkin, Stepan Stepanovich Grigoriev, Ivan Ivanovich Ignatiev, Nikolay Andreyevich Ivanov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Miklashevsky, Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov, Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, Aleksandr Alekseyevich Shenshin, Vyacheslov Ivanovich Volkov, Pavel Alekseyevich Zinovyev, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ziring.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

Как одинокая гробница
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Как одинокая гробница
Вниманье путника зовёт,
Так эта бледная страница
Пусть милый взор твой привлечёт.

И если, после многих лет,
Прочтешь ты, как мечтал поэт,
И вспомнишь, как тебя любил он,
То думай, что его уж нет,
Что сердце здесь похоронил он.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "В альбом", subtitle: "Из Байрона" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "Lines written in an album, at Malta"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "В альбом", op. 49 (Пять романсов (Pjat' romansov) = Five romances) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Boris Vladimirovich Asafiev (1884 - 1949), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Leonid Ovanesovich Bakalov (1908 - 1982), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Yury Sergeyevich Biryukov (1908 - 1976), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatyryov (1913 - 2003), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Buslov , "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sofya Nikolayevna Chicherina (1904 - 1983), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "В альбом", op. 86 (Двадцать четыре стихотворения (Dvadcat' chetyre stikhotvorenija) = Lieder und Romanzen) no. 20 (1907-1908), published [1913] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, St. Petersburg: Zimmermann [sung text not yet checked]
  • by A. F. Galeyevsky , "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Isay Yakovlevich Galkin (1899 - 1968), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Stepan Stepanovich Grigoriev (1921 - 1993), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ivan Ivanovich Ignatiev , "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolay Andreyevich Ivanov (1898 - 1970), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Mikhailovich Miklashevsky (d. 1935), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Vasil'yevich Mosolov (1900 - 1973), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (1881 - 1950), "В альбом", op. 40 (Двенадцать романсов на стихи М.Ю.Лермонтова = Dvenadcat' romansov na stikhi M. Yu. Lermontova (Twelve romances after poetry by M. Lermontov)) no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Aleksandr Alekseyevich Shenshin (1890 - 1944), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vyacheslov Ivanovich Volkov (1904 - 1980), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pavel Alekseyevich Zinovyev (1844 - 1888), "В большой альбом" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ziring (1880 - 1968), "В альбом" [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 42

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