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Дуют ветры, ветры буйные, Ходят тучи, [тучи]1 тёмные. Не видать в них света белого, Не видать в них солнца красного. Во сырой [мгле]2, за туманами, Только ночка, лишь чернеется — В эту пору непогожую Одному жить — сердцу холодно. Грудь другую Ему надобно: Огонь-душу — Красну девицу! С ней зимою — Лето тёплое; При бездольи — Горе — не горе!
R. Glière sets stanzas 1-4
M. Musorgsky sets stanzas 1-3, 1-2
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Gliere, Musorgsky: "ходят тучи" (khodjat tuchi)
2 Gliere, Musorgsky: "во мгле" (vo mgle)
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Note on TransliterationsAuthorship
- by Aleksey Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842) [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 Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875 - 1956), "Дуют ветры", op. 63 no. 1, stanzas 1-4 [ sung text checked 2 times]
- by Modest Petrovich Musorgsky (1839 - 1881), "Дуют ветры, ветры буйные", 1864, published 1911, stanzas 1-3,1-2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Дуют ветры", op. 27 (Devjat' romansy = Neun Lieder von Kolzoff) no. 9, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August von Viedert ENG ENG FRE ; composed by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Constance Bache) (William Stigand, né Stigant) , "Longings"
- ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "Es pfeift der Wind", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The winds blow, Stormy winds. Storm clouds, Dark storm clouds gather. No daylight can be seen in them, No red sun Can be seen in them. In the damp gloom, Beyond the mist, Only the night That is almost black… In bad weather Such as this The heart that lives alone is cold.
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Translation of title "Дуют ветры" = "The winds blow"Authorship
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2016 by Jennifer Gliere, (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 Vasil'yevich Kol'tsov (1808 - 1842)
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-28
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