Night approaches and it grows dark

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by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)

Translation © by Jennifer Gliere

Ночь идёт ‑ и темнеет

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Ночь идёт - и темнеет
Бледно-синий восток...
От одежд её веет
По полям ветерок.

День был долог и зноен...
Ночь идёт и поёт 
колыбельную песню
И к покою зовёт.

Грустен взор её тёмный,
Одинок её путь...
Спи-усни, моё сердце!
Отдохни... Позабудь.

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Text Authorship:

by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Ночь идёт и темнеет", written 1893 [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), "Ночь идёт", op. 50 (Два романса (Dva romansa) = Two Romances) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 40

Night approaches and it grows dark

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Night approaches and it grows dark;
it is only pale blue in the East.
In dark garb, the spring breeze
blows lightly through the fields.
 
Day was oppressive and hot. . . .
Night comes and sings
a lullabye;
To [the River] Rokju it calls.
 
It is sad; look, it is dark,
It is lonely…
Sleep now, my heart.
Rest… and forget.

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Translation of title "Ночь идёт" = "Night approaches"

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), "Ночь идёт и темнеет", written 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 62