Nam zvëzdy krotkie sijali,
čut' vejal tichij veterok,
krugom cvety blagouchali,
i volny laskovo žurčali
u našich nog.

My byli juny, my ljubili,
i s veroj v dal' smotreli my;
v nas grëzy radužnye žili,
i nam ne strašny v'jugi byli
sedoj zimy.

Gde ž ėti noči s ich sijan'em,
s blagouchajuščej krasoj
i voln tainstvennym [rontan'em]1,
nadežd, vostoržënnych mečtanij
gde svetlyj roj? 

Pomerkli zvëzdy, i unylo
ponikli bleklye cvety...
Kogda ž, o serdce, vse, čto bylo,
čto nam vesna s toboj darila,
zabudeš' ty?

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "журчаньем" ("zhurchan'jem")

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• by Aleksey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825 - 1893), "Слова для музыки" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1866 - 1901), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Viktor Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (1870 - 1927), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли", op. 60 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve romances) = Zwölf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 12 (1886) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Sergey Vladimirovich Yuferov (1865 - 1927), "Нам звёзды кроткие сияли" [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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