Chant de Sélima | La lune flotte, calme et paisible

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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Песня Селима

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Месятс плывёт, и тиh и спокоен,
А юноша-воин на битву идёт.
Ружё заряжает джигит,
А дева ему говорит:
,,Мой милый, смелее вверяйся ты року,
Молися востоку, будь верен пророку,
Любви будь верней.
Лубви изменивший изменой кровавой,
Врага не сразивший, погибнет без славы;
Дожди его ран не обмоют,
Звери костей не зароют!``
Месятс плывет, и тиh и спокоен,
А юноша-воин на битву идет.
А юноша-воин на битву идет.

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Text Authorship:

by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841) [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 Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (1837 - 1910), "Песня Селима" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov (1826 - 1894), "Песня Селима" [sung text not yet checked]
by Dmitry Vitalyevich Morozov (1882 - 1942), "Песня Селима" [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de Sélima", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Yuri Mitelman

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67

Chant de Sélima

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

La lune flotte, calme et paisible,
Un jeune soldat va à la bataille,
Le hardi cavalier lève son fusil,
Et une jeune fille lui dit :
« Mon cher, confie-toi hardiment à ton sort,
Prie vers l'orient, sois fidèle au prophète,
Sois fidèle à l'amour.
Celui qui a trahi l'amour dans le sang,
N'a pas vaincu l'ennemi, périra sans gloire ;
La pluie ne lavera pas ses blessures,
Les bêtes sauvages n'enterreront pas ses os ! »
La lune flotte, calme et paisible,
Un jeune soldat va à la bataille.
Un jeune soldat va à la bataille.

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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-21
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Word count: 94