by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Translation by G. Jorissenne , as J. Sergennois
Смеркалось; жаркий день бледнел...
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
[Смеркалось;]1 жаркий день бледнел неуловимо. Над озером туман тянулся полосой, И кроткий образ твой, знакомый и любимый, В вечерний тихий час носился предо мной. Улыбка та ж была, которую люблю я, И мягкая коса, как прежде, расплелась, И очи грустные, попрежнему тоскуя, Глядели на меня в вечерний тихий час.
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- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked 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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Смеркалось", op. 10 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 3 (1870-1876), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Jurgenson [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Смеркалось; жаркий день", 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachev (1853 - 1922), "Смеркалось; жаркий день бледнел", op. 24 (Six Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 5, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by G. Jorissenne ; composed by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachev.
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- ENG English (Lyle Neff) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 49
Le soir
Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)
Ce soir là, dans l'ardeur du jour tombant et blême, Le lac s'était voilé d'un mince et doux brouillard, Et ton image vint, pareille à toi que j'aime, Avec la paix du soir, se fondre en mes regards. Ton beau sourire avait sa grâce tant aimée, Les flots de tes cheveux roulaient sur ton col blanc, Et dans tes tristes yeux l'angoisse accoutumée Me dit, avec le soir, un long adieu troublant.
Authorship
- by G. Jorissenne , as J. Sergennois [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Nikolay Vladimirovich Shcherbachev (1853 - 1922), "Le soir", op. 24 (Six Mélodies pour Chant et Piano) no. 5, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2020-10-01
Line count: 8
Word count: 72