Do not light the lamp! | Do not light the lamp! In the darkness of this scented night

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Не зажигай огня!

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Не зажигай огня! Во мгле душистой ночи
Отрадно мне с тобой сидеть наедине.
Взгляни, как звёзды нам, небес далёких очи,
Привет свой тёплый шлют, мерцая в вышине.

Не зажигай огня! Со светом к нам нахлынет
Знакомая тоска бесцельной суеты,
Умчится светлый сон, и счастье нас покинет.
Не зажигай огня, не отгоняй мечты.

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Text Authorship:

by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937) [author's text not yet checked 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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Не зажигай огня!", op. 38 (Шесть романсов (Shest' romansov) = 6 romances) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Max Lippold (1845 - 1910), "Не зажигай огня" [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Do not light the lamp!", copyright ©

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Do not light the lamp!

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

 Do not light the lamp! In the darkness of this scented night
 it is a delight for me to sit alone with you.
 Look how the stars, the eyes of far-off skies,
 send us their warm greetings, twinkling far above.
 
 Do not light the lamp! With light will flood to us
 the familiar sadness of life's pointless bustle;
 the light will dash away the dream, and happiness will abandon us.
 Do not light the lamp - do not chase away our dream.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 82