by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Ya vidal inogda, kak nochnaya zvezda
Language: Russian (Русский)
Ya vidal inogda, kak nochnaya zvezda V zerkal`nom zalive blestit; Kak trepeshhet v struyax, i serebryany'j prax Ot neyo rassy'payas` bezhit. No pojmat` ty' ne l`stis` i lovit` ne beris`: Obmanchivy' luch i volna. Mrak teni tvoej tol`ko lyazhet na nej - Otojdi zh - i zableshet ona. Svetloj radosti tak bespokojny'j prizrak Nas manit pod xladnoyu mgloj; Ty' [sxvatit` - on]1 shutya ubezhit ot tebya! Ty' obmanut - on vnov` pred toboj.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Лермонтов М. Ю., Сочинения: В 6 т., Т. 1. Стихотворения, 1828—1831, — М.; Л.: Изд-во АН СССР, 1954, page 100.
1 Arensky: "к нему, он" (k nemu, on)Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Еврейская мелодия", first published 1830 [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):
- by Viktor Viktorovich Abaza (1861 - 1918), "Еврейская мелодия", 1901 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Еврейская мелодия", op. 22 (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 4 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Я видал иногда", op. 38 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = 6 romances) no. 6 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anatoly Georgievich Umantsev (b. 1940), "Еврейская мелодия" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Abram Semyonovich Zhak (1901 - 1981), "Еврейская мелодия" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Lina Esbeer (1875 - 1912) ; composed by Anton Stepanovich Arensky.
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