by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation Singable translation by L. Weinhold
Что в имени тебе моём?
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: FRE
Что в имени тебе моём? Оно умрёт, как [шум]1 печальный Волны, плеснувшей в берег дальний, Как звук ночной в лесу глухом. Оно на памятном листке Оставит мёртвый след, подобный Узору надписи надгробной На непонятном языке. Что в нём? Забытое давно В [волненьях]2 новых и мятежных, Твоей душе не даст оно Воспоминаний [чистых]3 нежных. Но в [день]4 печали, в тишине, Произнеси его тоскуя; Скажи: есть память обо мне, Есть в мире сердце, где живу я...
N. Rimsky-Korsakov sets stanzas 1, 3-4
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Titov: "звук" ("zvuk")
2 Rimsky-Korsakov: "тревогах" ("trevogakh")
3 Rimsky-Korsakov: "светлых" ("svetlykh")
4 Rimsky-Korsakov: "час" ("chas")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1830, first published 1830 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Что в имени тебе моём?", published 1834 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pavel Grigorevich Chesnokov (1877 - 1944), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Varvara Adrianovna Gaygerova (1903 - 1944), "Что в имени тебе моём?" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matvey Akimovich Gozenpud (1903 - 1961), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergey Grigoryevich Grasgof (b. 1881), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Georgy Eduardovich Konyus (1862 - 1933), "Что в имени тебе моём?", op. 5 (Шесть романсов) no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Mikhailovich Ladukhin (1860 - 1918), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Что в имени тебе моём?", op. 61 (Acht Lieder = Восемь песен (Vosem' pesen)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Что в имени тебе моём?", op. 383 (Acht Lieder nach Alexandr S. Puschkin) no. 3 (2025) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Что в имени тебе моём?", op. 4 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 1 (1866), stanzas 1,3-4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902 - 1963), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Что в имени тебе моём?", op. 91 no. 2, from Четыре Монолога (Chetyre Monologa) = Four Monologues, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Valentin Vasilovich Silvestrov (b. 1937), "Что в имени тебе моём?", 1974-1977 [ baritone and piano ], from Тихие песни, no. 6, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Yury Petrovich Suldin (b. 1987), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Alexeyevich Titov (1800 - 1875), "Что в имени тебе моём" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Что в имени тебе моём?", published 1834 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. Weinhold ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Qu'est mon nom pour toi ?", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 78
Was fragst du nach dem Namen mich?
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Russian (Русский)
Was fragst du nach dem Namen mich? Verrinnter doch wie eine Welle, Die mehr und mehr dem Ufersaum entschwindet; Verhallt wie Ruf zu nächtger Stund. Schon bald verlöscht in der Erinnrung seine matte Spur, verlöscht, wie die Verblaßte Schritt, geritzt, in Grabesstein, Die Sprache unbekannt, uralt. Dahin! Vergessen lange schon Im ew'gen Wechsel dieses Erdenseins. Wie könnt' mein Name noch in dir Erwecken süßer Träume Seligkeit. Doch wenn dereinst dir Kummer naht, So ruf nach mir in Not und Qual Und sprich: Ich weiß es schlägt ein Herz für mich, ein Herz, das still mein Bild bewahrt.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by L. Weinhold [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, 1830, first published 1830
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Was fragst du nach dem Namen mich?", op. 61 (Acht Lieder = Восемь песен (Vosem' pesen)) no. 3 [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 97