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Мне дорог грот, где дымным светом Мой факел сумрак багрянит, Где эхо грустное звучит На вздох невольный мой ответом; Мне дорог грот, где сталактиты, Как горьких слёз замёрзший ряд, На сводах каменных висят, Где капли падают на плиты. Пусть вечно в сумраке печальном Царит торжественный покой, И сталактиты предо мной Висят убором погребальным... Увы! Любви моей давно замёрзли горестные слёзы, Но всё же сердцу суждено Рыдать и в зимние морозы.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Les stalactites", appears in Les Solitudes
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev (1850 - 1918), "Сталактиты" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Сталактиты", op. 26 no. 6 (1908), published 1909 [ voice and piano ], from 10 Стихотворений из сборника Эллисъ «Иммортели» (10 Stikhotvorenij iz sbornika Ellis 'Immorteli') = 10 Poems from Ellis's Immortelles, no. 6, Berlin : Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , "Stalactites", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "Stalactites", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Hedwig Lachmann) , "Stalaktiten"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 70
How dear to me is the grotto, where the smoky light Of my torch burns crimson in the twilight, Where the sad echo answers My sad, uncontrolled sigh; How dear to me is the grotto, where the row of stalactites Frozen, like bitter tears, Hang from the stone vaults, And droplets of water fall onto stone plates. Let the solemn calm Reign in the sad twilight forever, And let the stalactites hang in front of me, Like burial attire. Alas! The bitter tears of my love Have long since frozen, But the heart is destined to weep In unending winter frosts.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Lev L'vovich Kobylinsky (1889 - 1947), as Ellis
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by René-François Sully-Prudhomme (1839 - 1907), "Les stalactites", appears in Les Solitudes
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 101