Spring | The snow’s melting, streams are flowing

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by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Весна

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: CHI ENG

Уж тает снег, бегут ручьи,
В окно повеяло весною...
Засвищут скоро соловьи,
И лес оденется листвою!

Чиста небесная лазурь,
Теплей и ярче солнце стало;
Пора метелей злых и бурь
Опять надолго миновала.

И сердце сильно так в груди
Стучит, как будто ждёт чего-то;
Как будто счастье впереди,
И унесла зима заботы!

Все лица весело глядят.
«Весна!» - читаешь в каждом взоре;
И тот, как празднику, ей рад,
Чья жизнь - лишь тяжкий труд и горе.

Но резвых деток звонкий смех
И беззаботных птичек пенье
Мне говорят -- кто больше всех
Природы любит обновленье!

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Весна", first published 1872 [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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Весна", op. 54 (Шестнадцать песен для детей = Shestnadcat' pesen dlja detej (Sixteen songs for children)) no. 9 (1883), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923) ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "春天", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Spring", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Spring

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The snow’s melting, streams are flowing,
Through the window wafts a breath of spring…
Soon nightingales will be singing,
And the forest will dress in leaves!

The sky is clear light blue,
The sun grows warmer and brighter;
It’s time for winds and blizzards
To depart for a long time.

And my heart, loudly in my chest
Beats, as though waiting for something;
As if happiness lies ahead,
And will banish winter cares!

Every face looks glad.
“Spring!" You can read it in every glance;
And each, as if in celebration, looks happy,
Even he whose life is only hard work and grief.

But the laughter of frisky kids
And the carefree birdsong
Tell me who most 
Loves the rejuvenating of nature!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Laura Prichard, (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 Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Весна", first published 1872
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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
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Word count: 122