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Лишь розы увядают, Амврозией дыша, В Элизий улетает Их лёгкая душа. И там, где волны сонны Забвение несут, Их тени благовонны Над Летою цветут.
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Лишь розы увядают", first published 1825 [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 Valery Grigorevich Kikta (b. 1941), "Лишь розы увядают" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 - 1966), "Лишь розы увядают" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Лишь розы увядают", op. 36 (Шесть стихотворений А. Пушкина (Shest' stikhotvorenij A. Pushkina)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Aussitôt que les rose se fanent", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Yuri Mitelman
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 24
Aussitôt que les rose se fanent Respirant de l'ambroisie, Vers l'Élysée s'envolent Leurs âmes légères. Et là où les vagues endormies Apportent l'oubli, Leurs ombres odorantes Fleurissent au-dessus du Léthé.
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- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Лишь розы увядают", first published 1825
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 30