The Stars | For a long time I stood unmoving

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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Я долго стоял неподвижно

Language: Russian (Русский)

Available translation(s): ENG

Я долго стоял неподвижно,
В далёкие звёзды вглядясь, —
Меж теми звездами и мною
Какая-то связь родилась.

Я думал… не помню, что думал;
Я слушал таинственный хор,
И звёзды тихонько дрожали,
И звёзды люблю я с тех пор…

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Authorship:

by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Звёзды", op. 8 (Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
by Boleslav Viktorovich Grodzky (1865 - 1923), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]
by Aleksandra Dormidontovna Kochetova (1833 - 1902), "Я долго стоял" [ vocal duet with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev (1878 - 1942), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Звёзды", VWV: 1059 (1865) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Я долго стоял неподвижно" [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Pomey (1835 - 1901) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The Stars", copyright © 2021

Researcher for this text: Igor Zubkovsky

This text was added to the website: 2014-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

The Stars

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

For a long time I stood unmoving,
Looking up at the distant stars;
Between those stars and me
A kind of connection was born. 

I thought... I don't remember what I thought...
I listened to the mysterious chorus,
The stars trembling softly,
And I have loved the stars ever since!

Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2021 by Emily Ezust
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a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), no title

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 50