by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)
Usni
Language: Russian (Русский)
Available translation(s): ENG
Usnut' by mne navek v trave, kak v kolybeli, kak ja rebënkom spal v te solnečnye dni, kogda v lučach poludennych zveneli veselych žavoronkov treli i peli mne oni: ,,Usni, usni, usni.`` I kryl'ja pestrych much s pričudlivoj okraskoj na venčikach cvetov drožali, kak ogni, i šum derev kazalsja čudnoj skazkoj; moj son leleja, s tichoj laskoj bajukali oni: ,,Usni, usni, usni.`` I ubegaja vdal', kak volny zolotye, davali mne prijut v zadumčivoj teni, pod kuščej verb, polja moi, polja rodnye; skloniv kolos'ja nalivnye, šeptali mne oni: ,,Usni, usni, usni.``
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Authorship:
- by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941) [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 Aleksey Konstantinovich Dreier (b. 1857), "Усни" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf (1886 - 1942), "Усни" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Усни", op. 57 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1884), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923) ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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- ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "Death", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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