by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c662 - 710)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Ночь бесконечна
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Japanese (日本語)
Ночь бесконечна Для одиноких! Она длинней, Чем хвост фазана, Когда летит он!
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (c662 - 710) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "Ночь бесконечна", op. 53 no. 7 (1922) [voice and piano], from Семь японских пятистиший (Sem' japonskikh pjatistishij) = Seven Japanese Lyrics, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Einsam", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1918 RUS ; composed by Gottfried von Einem, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-16
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Word count: 12