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Медлительно влекутся дни мои, И каждый миг в [унылом]1 сердце множит Всё горести несчастливой любви [И все мечты безумия]2 тревожит. Но я молчу; не слышен ропот мой; Я слёзы лью; мне слёзы утешенье; Моя душа, [плененная]3 тоской, В них горькое находит наслажденье. О жизни [час]4, лети, не жаль тебя, Исчезни в тьме, пустое привиденье; Мне дорого любви моей мученье; Пускай умру, но пусть умру, любя!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Cui: "uvjadshem"
2 Cui: "I tjazhkoje bezumije"
3 Cui: "ob"jataja"
4 Cui: "son"
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- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Желание" [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Медлительно влекутся дни мои", op. 16 no. 1 [voice and piano], from 8 Стихотворений А. С. Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (8 Stikhotvorenij A. S. Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 1, Leipzig, Belaieff [ sung text not verified ]
- by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Желание", op. 30 no. 6, published 1900 [voice and piano], from Souvenir de Kozatskoé, no. 6, Leipzig, Belaieff [ sung text not verified ]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Желание", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 25. [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936), "Желание", op. 60 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov)) no. 2 (1898). [ sung text not verified ]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Медлительно влекутся дни мои", op. 51 (5 романсов на слова Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (5 romansov na slova Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 (1897). [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 65
Lentement mes jours glissent, Et chaque instant multiplie dans mon cœur attristé Tous les chagrins d'un amour malheureux Et la folie de tous mes rêves me trouble. Mais je ne dis rien ; mon murmure ne s 'entend pas ; Je verse des larmes ; mes larmes sont ma consolation ; Mon âme, captivée par mon chagrin, Y trouve des plaisirs amers. Oh, moment de la vie, envole-toi, je ne t'estime pas, Disparais dans l'obscurité, vain fantôme ; J'aime beaucoup mon tourment d'amour, Que je meure, que je meure, mais d'amour.
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Translations of title(s):
"Желание" = "Souhait"
"Медлительно влекутся дни мои" = "Lentement mes jours glissent"
Authorship
- Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Желание"
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 91