О чём в тиши ночей | О чём в тиши ночей, таинственно мечтаю

by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)

О чём в тиши ночей

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

О чём в тиши ночей, таинственно мечтаю,
О чём при свете дня, всечасно помышляю,
То будет тайной всем. И даже ты, мой стих,
Ты, друг мой ветреный, услада дней моих,
Тебе не передам души моей мечтанья.
А то, расскажешь ты, чей глас в ночном молчаньи
Мне слышится, чей лик я всюду нахозу, 
Чьи очи светят мне, чьё имя я твержу.

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Text Authorship:

by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), written 1841 [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 Nikolai Nikolayevich Cherepnin (1873 - 1945), "О чём в тиши ночей", 1904 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 7 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 2 (1867) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 28 (Пять романсов) no. 1 (1899), published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Moscow, P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
by Gennady Osipovich Korganov (1858 - 1890), "О чём в тиши ночей" [sung text not yet checked]
by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 40 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 3 (1897), also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "О чём в тиши ночей", op. 78 (Zwölf Lieder aus dem Russischen von W. Osterwald (Twelve Russian Songs)) no. 8 (c1867), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "О чём в тиши ночей" [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.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887) ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.

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