by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Mechty', mechty'!
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
Mechty', mechty'! Gde vasha sladost`? Gde ty', gde ty', Nochnaya radost`? Ischeznul on, Vesely'j son, I odinokoj Vo t`me glubokoj YA probuzhdyon! Krugom posteli Nemaya noch`; vmig oxladeli, Vmig uleteli Tolpoyu proch` Lyubvi mechtan`ya: Eshhyo polna Dusha zhelan`ya I lovit sna Vospominan`ya. Lyubov`, lyubov`, Vnemli molen`ya: Poshli mne vnov` Svoi viden`ya, I poutru, Vnov` upoenny'j, Puskaj umru, Ne probuzhdenny'j.
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Note: in 1817 Pushkin changed stanza 3 to the following:
Любовь, любовь, Пусть упоенный Усну я вновь, Обвороженный И поутру, Вновь утомленный, Пускай умру, Не пробужденный.
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Text Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Пробужденье", 1816, first published 1825 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Пробужденье", 1830 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869), "Пробужденье" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sergei Ivanovich Donaurov (1839 - 1897), "Мечты" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolay Filippovich Khristianovich (1828 - 1890), "Пробуждение" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valery Grigorevich Kikta (b. 1941), "Пробужденье" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník (1839 - 1916), "Пробуждение", op. 68 (Vier Lieder für Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], Moskau (Moscow), Jurgenson, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Пробужденье", op. 55 (4 романса для тенора с сопровождением фортепиано (4 romansa dlja tenora s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 (1897) [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Пробужденье", op. 20 no. 2, published 1976 [ voice, flute, percussion, violin, and cello ], from Pechal' minuvshikh dnej, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vasily Vasilyevich Vargin , "Мечты, мечты" [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Dmitri Smirnov) , "Awakening", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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