by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898)
Noch' v Krymu
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Pomnish', lunnoje mercan'e, Shorokh morja pod skaloj, Sonnykh list'ev kolykhan'e I [cyncyrny]1 strekotan'e Za ogradoj sadovoj; V polumgle, nagornym sadom, Shli my, -- lavr blagoukhal; Grot chernel za vinogradom, I bassejn pod vodopadom Perepolnennyj zvuchal; Pomnish', svezheje dykhan'e, Zapakh rozy, govor struj - Vsej prirody obajan'e I nevol'noje slijan'e Ust v nezhdannyj poceluj. `Eta muzyka prirody, `Eta muzyka dushi Mne v inye; zlye gody, Posle bur' i nepogody, Jasno slyshalas' v tishi. Ja vnimal - i serdce grelos' S juga vejushchim teplom, Legche verilos' i pelos'... Ja vnimal -- i mne khotelos' `Etoj muzyki vo vsjom...
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Note for stanza 1, line 4: word 2 ("цынцырны") is a Tatar word meaning "cicada"
1 Taneyev: "цикады" ("cikady")Show a transliteration: Default | DIN | GOST
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Text Authorship:
- by Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (1819 - 1898), "Ночь в Крыму", first published 1857 [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 Ekaterina Anatolyevna Kotelnikova (b. 1978), "Ночь в Крыму" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856 - 1915), "Ночь в Крыму", op. 34 (7 Стихотворений (7 Stikhotvorenij) = 7 Poems) no. 6 (1911-1912), published 1912 [ voice and piano ], Berlin: Russischer Musikverlag [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Aleksey Berg) , "Night in Crimea", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 93