Heart, O my heart! lo, the springtime is waking In meadow and grove. Lo, the mellifluous koels are making Their paeans of love. Behold the bright rivers and rills in their glancing, Melodious flight, Behold how the sumptuous peacocks are dancing In rhythmic delight. Shall we in the midst of life's exquisite chorus Remember our grief, O heart, when the rapturous season is o'er us Of blossom and leaf? Their joy from the birds and the streams let us borrow, O heart! let us sing, The years are before us for weeping and sorrow . . . To-day it is spring!
Confirmed with Sarojini Naidu, The Bird of Time. Songs of Life, Death & the Spring, London: William Heinemann, 1912.
Text Authorship:
- by Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949), "Ecstasy", appears in The Bird of Time - Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring, in 2. Songs of the Springtime [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) , "Песнь весны" ; composed by Julia Weissberg.
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Word count: 101
Vesna razbudila veršiny i doly, O, serdce moe! Zvenjaščie pticy i gulkie pčely Vstrečajut ee. Ty slyšiš', kak zvonko v likujuščem bege Rokočut ruč'i. Ty vidiš', kak pljašut ispolneny negi Pavliny moi. Pred ėtim mogučim i radostnym chorom Zabudem pečal'. Zelenym, cvetnym, lepestkovym uborom Ukrasilas' dal'. Duša! Ty voskresni - kak pticy, kak vody, Bud' pesen polna. Dlja slez i dlja skorbi ostanutsja gody. Segodnja - Vesna!
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Text Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964), "Песнь весны" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949), "Ecstasy", appears in The Bird of Time - Songs of Life, Death, and the Spring, in 2. Songs of the Springtime
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Julia Weissberg (1878 - 1942), "Песнь весны" [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 65