by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Utro na Kavkaze
Language: Russian (Русский)
Svetajet - v'jotsja dikoj pelenoj Vokrug lesistykh gor tuman nochnoj; [Jeshchjo u]1 nog Kavkaza tishina; Molchit tabun, reka zhurchit odna. Vot na skale novorozhdennyj luch Zardelsja vdrug, prorezavshis' mezh tuch, I rozovyj po rechke i shatram Razlilsja blesk i svetit tam i tam: Tak devushki, kupajasja v teni, Kogda uvidjat junoshu oni, Krasnejut vse, k zemle sklonjajut vzor: No kak bezhat', kol' blizok milyj vor!...
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1 Shostakovich: "У" ("U")
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1 Shostakovich: "У" ("U")
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Text Authorship:
- by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), "Утро на Кавказе", written 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 Konstantin Yeremeyevich Matsyutin (1910 - 1990), "Утро на Кавказе" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Утро на Кавказе", op. 84 (Два романса на слова Ю. Лермонтова (Dva romansa na slova M. Yu. Lermontova) = Two romances on words by Lermontov) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dann Mitton) , "Morning in the Caucasus", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Un matin dans le Caucase", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 64