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Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна мне в очи соленою влагой; недвижно на камне сижу я, полна душа безотчетной отвагой. Валы за валами, прибой и отбой, и пена их гребни покрыла. О, море, кого же мне вызвать на бой, изведать воскресшие силы? Почуяло сердце, что жизнь хороша, вы, волны, размыкали горе, от грома и плеска проснулась луша - сродни ей шумящее море!
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- by Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1858 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна", op. 55 (Восемь романсов = Vosem' romansov (Eight romances)) no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "У моря", op. 46 no. 1 (1897), from У моря (U morja), no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна" [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE ; composed by Lothar Kempter.
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- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (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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Line count: 12
Word count: 62
La vague se brise, éclabousse et arrose Mes yeux d'humidité salée ; Je suis assis immobile sur le rocher, l'âme Pleine d'un courage irraisonné. Vague après vague, montant et descendant, Les crêtes sont couvertes d'écume. Oh, mer, qui dois-je appeler pour lutter, Pour connaître la puissance de la résurrection ? Mon cœur sent que la vie est belle, Vous, les vagues, avez dissipé le chagrin, Mon âme s'est éveillée du tonnerre et des éclaboussures Semblables au rugissement de la mer !
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"Дробится, и плещет и брызжет волна" = "La vague se brise, éclabousse et arrose"
"У моря" = "Grâce à la mer"
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- 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 Aleksei Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Count (1817 - 1875), no title, first published 1858
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
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Word count: 81