Song of a disillusioned man | Die!" - the day keeps telling me, tiresome and tedious

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by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937)

Translation © by Anton Bespalov, Rianne Stam

Песня разочарованного

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

"Умри!" - твердит мне день томительный и скучный,
"Умри!"... мне шепчет ночь таинственною мглой.
И в жизни тягостной, с тоскою неразлучный,
Без цели я брожу усталою стопой.

 "Умри!" - твердит мне ум, когда в душе унылой
Почуял я намек на светлый сон любви...
Но ты, мой нежный друг, мой ангел светлокрылый,
Ты взором ласковым мне все твердишь: "Живи!"

 О, как я жить хочу! - Как страстно жажду света;
Возврата пылких грез, несбыточной мечты!..
Скажи, как возвратить умчавшееся лето?
Скажи, как оживить увядшие цветы?
Скажи!

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Text Authorship:

by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937), "Песня разочарованного", written 1893, first published 1893 [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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Песня разочарованного", 1893? [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "Song of a disillusioned man", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 81

Song of a disillusioned man

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

"Die!" - the day keeps telling me, tiresome and tedious
"Die!" - the night whispers to me with mystic gloom
And in a burdensome life loaded with anguish
I wander without purpose and with weary feet.
 
"Die!" - my mind keeps telling me when inside my downcast heart
I had sensed a hint of a bright dream of love.
But you, my gentle friend, my bright-winged angel,
with your tender face, always keep telling me "Live!"
 
O, how I want to live! How passionately I long for light,
a return of fervent reveries, of that impossible dream!
Tell me how to bring back that fleeting summer.
Tell me how to revive those faded flowers!
Tell me!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Daniil Maximovich Rathaus (1868 - 1937), "Песня разочарованного", written 1893, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 113