The sun has set, the flickering colours

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Sergey Rybin

Закатилось солнце

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Закатилось солнце, заиграли краски
легкой позолотой в синеве небес...
В обаянье ночи сладострастной ласки
тихо что-то шепчет задремавший лес...

И в душе тревожной умолкают муки
и дышать всей грудью в эту ночь легко...
Ночи дивной тени, ночи дивной звуки
нас с тобой уносят, друг мой, далеко.

Вся объята негой этой ночи страстной,
ты ко мне склонилась на плечо главой...
Я безумно счастлив, о, мой друг прекрасный,
бесконечно счастлив в эту ночь с тобой!

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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 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Закатилось солнце", op. 73 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 4 (1893) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Sonne ging zur Ruhe"

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Line count: 12
Word count: 73

The sun has set, the flickering colours

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

The sun has set, the flickering colours
Have lightly gilded the azure skies,
Charmed by the languorous caresses of the night
The slumbering forest is whispering gently...

Now within my troubled soul my worries fall silent
And I can breathe freely with a full chest tonight...
The shadows and sounds of this marvellous night
Carry us far away together, my friend.

Embraced by the languor of this passionate night, 
You have reclined upon my shoulder with your head...
I am deliriously happy, oh, my beautiful friend, 
Endlessly happy on this night with you.

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Translation of title "Закатилось солнце" = "The sun has set"

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This text was added to the website: 2017-09-05
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Word count: 93