Why does my aching heart so strenuously

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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Что так усиленно сердце больное

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

Our translations: ENG FRE

Что так усиленно сердце больное
Бьётся, и просит, и жаждет покоя?
Чем я взволнован испуган в ночи?
Стукнула дверь застонав и заноя.
Гаснущей лампы блеснули лучи...
Боже мой. Дух мне в груди захватило!
Кто-то зовёт меня, шепчет уныло...
Кто-то вошёл...? Моя келья пуста,
Нет никого, это полночь пробило...
О, одиночество, о нищета!

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Отрывок", subtitle: "Из А. Мюссе", first published 1886 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Le poète", appears in Poésies nouvelles, in La Nuit de Mai
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati (1869 - 1942), "Что так усиленно сердце", op. 2 (Chetyre romansa) no. 1, published <<1895 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Nikolai Ivanovich Kharito (1886 - 1918), "Отрывок из А. Мюссе", 1913 [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Отрывок из А. Мюссе", op. 21 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 6 (1902) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Отрывок из А. Мюссе" [sung text not yet checked]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 52

Why does my aching heart so strenuously

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Why does my aching heart so strenuously
Beat, and plead, and yearn for peace?
What troubles me and terrifies me in the night?
A door has banged shut, groaning and whining;
The sputtering lamp has sent out flashing rays of light…
My God! My breath catches in my chest!
Someone calls to me, whispering gloomily…
Someone has come in… but my room is empty,
There is nobody here - it was midnight striking.
Oh, loneliness, o poverty!

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"Отрывок из А. Мюссе" = "An excerpt from A. Musset"
"Что так усиленно сердце" = "Why does my aching heart"

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2018 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), "Отрывок", subtitle: "Из А. Мюссе", first published 1886
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810 - 1857), "Le poète", appears in Poésies nouvelles, in La Nuit de Mai
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-19
Line count: 10
Word count: 76