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Я видел ночь. Она передо мной Вся в черном шла, [прекрасная, живая]1, Волшебница с поникшей головой, Зарницами, как взглядами сверкая. Прозрачен был её воздушный стан; Но чуял я дыханья знойный трепет, И в тишине, как ласковый обман Незримых уст, призывный нёсся лепет. Казалось мне, [желанная]2 зовёт Меня с собой к любви и наслажденью. И я всё шёл, всё шёл за ней вперёд, Объятый весь огнём её и тенью!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Арсений Аркадьевич Голенищев-Кутузов, Затишье и буря (1868-1878), С.-Петербург, 1878, page 25. The spelling has been modernized.
1 Musorgsky: "живая, молодая"2 Musorgsky: "что чудная"
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878) [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 Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki (1846 - 1919), "Летная ночь", op. 8 (Cinq mélodies pour chant et piano) no. 4, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Летная ночь", op. 44 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = Sechs Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Thomas Alexandrovitch de Hartmann (1885 - 1956), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Летняя ночь", op. 50 no. 2 [ voice and piano ], from Ночь, 4 романса на слова гр. А.Голенищева-Кутузова, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rudolf Ivanovich Mervolf (1886 - 1942), "Летняя ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Видение", 1877 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by G. Löwenthal ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, Anton Stepanovich Arensky.
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2020-12-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
J'ai vu la nuit : elle est passée devant moi, Habillée tout en noir, vivante, jeune, Sorcière, la tête baissée, Ses yeux lançant des éclairs. Sa forme éthérée semblait transparente ; Mais je sentais le tremblement de son souffle brûlant, Et dans le silence comme une tendre illusion, De ses lèvres invisibles le murmure volait vers moi. Il me semblait que la merveilleuse apparition M'appelait vers les délices de l'amour. Et je l'ai suivie encore, l'ai suivie encore, Enveloppé par son feu et son ombre.
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Translations of titles
"Летная ночь" = "Nuit d'été"
"Видение" = "La vision"
Text Authorship:
- 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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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Arseny Arkad'yevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (1848 - 1913), "Летная ночь", appears in Затишье и буря (1868-1878)
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 83