by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915)
Serenada
Language: Russian (Русский)
Our translations: ENG
O ditja, pod okoshkom tvoim Ja tebe propoju serenadu... Ubajukana pen'em moim, Ty najdjosh' v snovide'jakh otradu; Pust' tvoj son i pokoj V chas bezmolvnyj, nochnoj Nezhnykh zvukov lelejut lobzan'ja! Mnogo gorestej, mnogo nevzgod [V dol'nem mire tebja]1; Spi zhe sladko, poka net zabot, [I dusha ogorchenij]2 ne znajet, Spi vo mrake nochnom Bezmjatezhnym ty snom, Spi, ne znaja zemnogo stradan'ja. Pust' tvoj angel-khranitel' svjatoj, Milyj drug, nad toboju letajet I, leleja son devstvennyj tvoj, [Pesnju raja tebe]3 napevajet. [`Eto]4 pesni svjatoj Otgolosok zhivoj [Da darujet tebe]5 upovan'e. Spi zhe, milaja, spi, pochivaj Pod akkordy mojej serenady! Pust' prisnitsja tebe svetlyj raj, Preispolnennyj vechnoj otrady; Pust' tvoj son i pokoj V chas bezmolvnyj, nochnoj Nezhnykh zvukov lelejut lobzan'ja!
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1 Tchaikovsky: "Тебя в жизни, дитя, ожидаёт" ("Tebja v zhizni, ditja, ozhidajot")
2 Tchaikovsky: "Пока сердце тревоги" ("Poka serdce trevogi")
3 Tchaikovsky: "Тебе райскую песнь" ("Tebe rajskuju pesn'")
4 Tchaikovsky: "Пусть той" ("Pust' toj")
5 Tchaikovsky: "Тебе в душу вселит" ("Tebe v dushu vselit")
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1 Tchaikovsky: "Тебя в жизни, дитя, ожидаёт" ("Tebja v zhizni, ditja, ozhidajot")
2 Tchaikovsky: "Пока сердце тревоги" ("Poka serdce trevogi")
3 Tchaikovsky: "Тебе райскую песнь" ("Tebe rajskuju pesn'")
4 Tchaikovsky: "Пусть той" ("Pust' toj")
5 Tchaikovsky: "Тебе в душу вселит" ("Tebe v dushu vselit")
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Konstantinovich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (1858 - 1915) [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 César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Серенада", op. 46 no. 2 (1893), published 1893 [ chorus a cappella ], St. Petersburg: Bessel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Серенада", op. 63 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances) = Sechs Romanzen) no. 6 (1887), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Serenade", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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