Усни | Уснуть бы мне навек в траве, как в колыбели

by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Usni

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Usnut' by mne navek v trave, kak v kolybeli,
kak ja rebjonkom spal v te solnechnye dni,
kogda v luchakh poludennykh zveneli
veselykh zhavoronkov treli i peli mne oni:
,,Usni, usni, usni.``

I kryl'ja pestrykh mukh s prichudlivoj
okraskoj na venchikakh cvetov drozhali, kak ogni,
i shum derev kazalsja chudnoj skazkoj;
moj son leleja, s tikhoj laskoj bajukali oni:
,,Usni, usni, usni.``

I ubegaja vdal', kak volny zolotye,
davali mne prijut v zadumchivoj teni,
pod kushchej verb, polja moi, polja rodnye;
skloniv kolos'ja nalivnye, sheptali mne oni:
,,Usni, usni, usni.``

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Text 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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