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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Медлительно влекутся дни мои
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Медлительно влекутся дни мои,
И каждый миг в унылом сердце множит
Всё горести несчастливой любви            
И все мечты безумия тревожит.

Но я молчу; не слышен ропот мой;
Я слёзы лью; мне слёзы утешенье;
Моя душа, плененная тоской,
В них горькое находит наслажденье.

О жизни час, лети, не жаль тебя,
Исчезни в тьме, пустое привиденье;
Мне дорого любви моей мученье;
Пускай умру, но пусть умру, любя!

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  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Желание" [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 Evgenii Fedorovich Alenev (1864 - 1902), "Медлительно влекутся дни мои", op. 16 no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from 8 Стихотворений А. С. Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (8 Stikhotvorenij A. S. Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano), no. 1, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Vladislav Frantsevich Aloiz (1860 - c1917), "Медлительно влекутся" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Желание", op. 30 no. 6, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Souvenir de Kozatskoé, no. 6, Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Желание", op. 57 (Двадцать пять стихотворении Пушкина = Dvadcat' pjat' stikhotvorenii Pushkina (25 Poems of Pushkin)) no. 25 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Varvara Adrianovna Gaygerova (1903 - 1944), "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov (1865 - 1936), "Желание", op. 60 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov)) no. 2 (1898) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by V. V. Gurdov , "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Isaak Isaakovich Kankarovich , "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Aleksandr Borisovich Matyukhin (b. 1947), "Желание" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Желание", op. 21 no. 2 (1875) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Медлительно влекутся дни мои", op. 51 (5 романсов на слова Пушкина, с сопровождением фортепиано (5 romansov na slova Pushkina, s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 (1897) [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Sergey Rybin) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71

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