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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)
Translation © by Sergey Rybin

В эту лунную ночь, в эту дивную ночь
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG SPA
В эту лунную ночь, в эту дивную ночь,
в этот миг благодатный свиданья,
о, мой друг, я не в силах любви превозмочь,
удержать я не в силах признанья!

В серебре чуть колышется озера гладь...
Наклонясь, зашепталися ивы...
Но бессильны слова! Как тебе передать
истомленного сердца порывы?

Ночь не ждёт, ночь летит... Закатилась луна...
заалело в таинственной дали..
Дорогая, прости! Снова жизни волна
нам несёт день тоски и печали!

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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 Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "В эту лунную ночь", op. 32 (Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jules Bleichmann (1868 - 1909), "Лунная ночь", op. 40 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Песни любви и печали = Pesni ljubvi i pechali (Songs of Love and Sorrow), no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Lippold (1845 - 1910), "В эту лунную ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "В эту лунную ночь", op. 73 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 3 (1893) [sung text checked 1 time]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jules Bleichmann.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bruno Tutenberg) , "O, du mondhelle Nacht"
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

On this moonlit night, on this wondrous...
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
On this moonlit night, on this wondrous night, 
At this rapturous moment of meeting,
Oh, my friend, I can't overcome the feeling of love, 
I cannot contain my confession!

Gently trembles the silvery surface of the lake, 
Leaning willows are whispering quietly...
But words are powerless! How to convey to you
All the impulses of my weary heart?

The night doesn't linger and flies by... The moon has set...
The distance has turned mysteriously scarlet...
My dear, farewell! Again the tides of life
Bring to us another day of sorrow and sadness!

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  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2017 by Sergey Rybin, (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 Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-09-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

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