My spirit, my angel, my friend | You light shadow, you are here are you not

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by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)

Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Не здесь ли ты лёгкою тенью,
Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг,
Беседуешь тихо со мною
И тихо летаешь вокруг?

И робким даришь вдохновеньем,
И сладкий крачуешь недуг,
И тихим даришь сновиденьем,
Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг!

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Text Authorship:

by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892) [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), "Мой гений, мой ангел, мой друг", <<1860. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "My spirit, my angel, my friend", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon génie, mon ange, mon amie", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Mein Schutzgeist, mein Engel, mein Lieb"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

My spirit, my angel, my friend

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

You light shadow, you are here are you not,
My spirit, my angel, my friend,
Speaking softly with me,
And flying gently around?

And you give me timid inspiration
And you heal my minor ailments
And you offer me calm dreams,
My spirit, my angel, my friend!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 47