by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Son v letnjuju noč'
Language: Russian (Русский)
Dolgo noč'ju včera ja zasnut' ne mogla. JA vstavala, okno otvorjala... Noč' nemaja menja i tomila, i žgla, aromatom cvetov op'janjala... Tol'ko vdrug [šelestnuli]1 kusty pod oknom, raspachnulas', šumja zanaveska - i vletel ko mne junoša, svetel licom, točno ves' byl iz lunnogo bleska. [Razodvinulis' steny]2 svetlicy moej, kolonnady za nimi otkrylis'; v piramidach iz roz verenicy ognej v alebastrovych vazach svetilis'.... Čudnyj gost' podchodil vsë k posteli moej, govoril mne on s krotkoj ulybkoj: «Otčego predo mnoju v poduški skorej ty nyrnula ispugannoj rybkoj! Ogljanisja - ja bog, bog videnij i grëz, tajnyj drug ja zastenčivoj devy... I blaženstvo nebes ja vpervye prinës dlja tebja, dlja moej korolevy...» Govoril i lico on moë otryval ot poduški tichon'ko rukami; i ščeki moej kraj gorjačo celoval, i iskal moich ust on ustami... Pod dychan'em ego obessilela ja... Na grudi razomknulisja ruki... I zvučalo v ušach: «Ty moja! Ty moja!» točno arfy dalekie zvuki... Protekali časy... ja otkryla glaza... Moj pokoj byl už oblit zareju... JA odna... vsja drožu... Raspustilas' kosa... JA ne znaju, čto bylo so mnoju...
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1 Rimsky-Korsakov: "zashumeli"
2 Rimsky-Korsakov: "Rastvorilisja dveri"
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1 Rimsky-Korsakov: "zashumeli"
2 Rimsky-Korsakov: "Rastvorilisja dveri"
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- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), appears in Фантазии (Fantaziji) [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 Vladimir Mikhailovich Alpers (1863 - 1923), "Сон в летнюю ночь" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vojtěch Hlaváč (1849 - 1911), as Войтех Иванович Главач, "Сон в летнюю ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Сон в летнюю ночь", op. 56 (2 романса на слова Майкова для сопрано с сопровождением фортепиано (2 romansa na slova Majkova dlja soprano s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 2 (1898) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Summer night's dream", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rêve d'une nuit d'été", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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