Raindrops sadly fall | Fall, fall, sad raindrops

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Jennifer Gliere

Падают капли печальные

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Падают, падают капли печальные,
тяжко по крыше стучат.
Ветер напевы поёт погребальные,
ветви так грустно шумят.

Падают, падают грёзы смущённые
на душу мертвым дождём...
Слёзы холодные, муки бессонные,
сколько вас в сердце моём!

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Text Authorship:

by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Падают капли печальные", op. 27 (Семь романсов (Sem' romansov) = Seven Romances) no. 6 (1906) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (1870 - 1921), "Падают капли печальные", op. 41 (Десять романсов ) no. 5, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , "Raindrops sadly fall", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Des gouttes de pluie tristement tombent", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Raindrops sadly fall

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Fall, fall, sad raindrops,
with a hard knocking on the roof.
The wind sings a funeral song,
the branches rustle so sadly.
 
Fall, fall, confused dreams
on my soul like a dead rain…
Cold tears, sleepless agonies,
so many of you weigh on my heart.

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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-15
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