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by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953)

Ночь и даль седая, —
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI
Ночь и даль седая, —
‎В инее леса.
Звёздами мерцая,
‎Светят небеса.

Звёздный свет белеет,
‎И земля окрест
Стынет-цепенеет
‎В млечном свете звезд.

Тишина пустыни…
‎Чётко за горой
На реке в долине
‎Треснет лёд порой…

Метеор зажжётся,
‎Озаряя снег…
Шорох пронесётся —
‎Зверя лёгкий бег…

И опять — молчанье…
‎В бледной мгле равнин,
Затаив дыханье,
‎Я стою один.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with И.А. Бунин, Стихотворения: В 2 т. / Вступ. статья, сост., подг. текста, примеч. Т. Двинятиной, СПб.: Изд-во Пушкинского дома, Вита Нова, 2014. Т. 1., page 173.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953), no title, written 1896, first published 1898 [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 Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov (1866 - 1920), "Звёзды" [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "星星", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-08-24
Line count: 20
Word count: 58

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