Nuit | La pâle lumière des bougies faiblit

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Ночь

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Меркнет слабый свет свечи... 
Бродит мрак унылый... 
И тоска сжимает грудь 
С непонятной силой...

На печальные глаза 
Тихо сон нисходит...
И с прошедшим в этом миг
Речь душа заводит.

Истомилася она 
Горестью глубокой.
Появись же, хоть во сне, 
О, мой друг далекий!

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Text Authorship:

by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937) [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), "Ночь", op. 73 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 2 (1893) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "Night", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Nachts"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 42

Nuit

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

La pâle lumière des bougies faiblit...
Une obscurité terne rôde...
Et la mélancolie oppresse la poitrine
Avec une force étrange.

Sur les yeux tristes
Le sommeil descend doucement...
Et avec le passé à ce moment
S'installe une communion de l'âme.

Elle est épuisée
Par une douleur profonde...
Apparais, dans un rêve,
Oh, mon amour lointain !

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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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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-13
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Word count: 56