Растворил я окно - стало [грустно]1 не в мочь, -
    опустился пред ним на колени,
и в лицо мне пахнула весенняя ночь
    благовонным дыханьем сирени.

А вдали где-то чудно [так пел]2 соловей;
    я внимал ему с грустью глубокой...
И с тоскою о родине вспомнил своей;
    об отчизне я вспомнил далекой,

Где родной соловей песнь родную поёт
    и, не зная земных огорчений,
заливается целую ночь напролёт
    над душистою веткой сирени...

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¹ Tchaikovsky: "dushno"
² Tchaikovsky: "zapel"

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Text Authorship:

• by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) [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 Arseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (1870 - 1921), "Растворил я окно", op. 17 (Шесть романсов и две мелодекламации) no. 8, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Bessel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Yury Andreyevich Markovich , "Растворил я окно" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Mikhail Nikolayevich Ofrosimov (b. 1840), "Растворил я окно" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Растворил я окно", op. 63 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Sechs Romanzen) no. 2 (1887), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Georgy Pavlovich Zlobin , "Растворил я окно" [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Leonid Gulchin) , "I opened the window", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "By an open window", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ouvris la fenêtre", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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