Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie (Fet, set by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг

Language: Russian (Русский)

Available translation(s): ENG FRE

Не здесь ли ты лёгкою тенью,
Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг,
Беседуешь тихо со мною
И тихо летаешь вокруг?

И робким даришь вдохновеньем,
И сладкий крачуешь недуг,
И тихим даришь сновиденьем,
Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг!

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Authorship

by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг", <<1860. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "My spirit, my angel, my friend", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Mein Schutzgeist, mein Engel, mein Lieb"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Last modified: 2017-12-05 09:59:36
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Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

N'es-tu pas ici une ombre légère,
Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie
Que tu parles doucement avec moi,
Et que tu voles tranquillement autour de moi ?

Tu me donnes une timide inspiration,
Et tu guéris mes doux maux,
Et tu me donnes un doux rêve,
Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie !

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 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 Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Text added to the website: 2016-08-14 00:00:00
Last modified: 2016-08-14 13:02:03
Line count: 8
Word count: 53