by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Kogda volnujetsja zhjoltejushchaja niva
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Kogda volnujetsja zhjoltejushchaja niva, i svezhij les shumit pri zvuke veterka, i prjachetsja v sadu malinovaja sliva pod ten'ju sladostnoj zeljonogo listka; Kogda rosoj obryzgannyj dushistoj, rumjanym vecherom il' utra v chas zlatoj, iz-pod kusta mne landysh serebrityj privetlivo kivajet golovoj; Kogda studenyj kljuch igrajet po ovragu i, pogruzhaja mysl' v kakoj-to smutnyj son, lepechet mne tainstvennuju sagu pro mirnyj kraj, otkuda mchitsja on, -- Togda smirjajetsja dushi mojej trevoga, togda raskhoditsja morshchiny na chele, i schast'e ja mogu postignut' na zemle, i v nebesakh ja vizhu boga...
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1837, first published 1840 [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 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива", 1895 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Boris Leonidovich Bitov (1904 - 1979), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива", op. 18 (5 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (5 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Illiarionovich Bulatov (b. 1908), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Когда волнуется", op. 86 (Двадцать четыре стихотворения (Dvadcat' chetyre stikhotvorenija) = Lieder und Romanzen) no. 14 (1907-1908), published [1913] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, St. Petersburg: Zimmermann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Varvara Adrianovna Gaygerova (1903 - 1944), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Tikhonovich Gretchaninov (1864 - 1956), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива", op. 114 no. 3 (1931) [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Boris Petrovich Nersesov (b. 1922), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Avgustovich Pfennig (1823 - 1898), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива", op. 40 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 1, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov (b. 1937), "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива", 1974-1977 [ baritone and piano ], from Тихие песни, no. 17, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by E. Smolyaninova , "Когда волнуется жёлтеющая нива" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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