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Люблю тебя, месяц, когда озаряешь Толпу шаловливых красавиц, идущих С ночного купанья домой! [Прекрасен ты, воздух, неся издалека С венков их роскошных волну аромата, Их нам возвещая приход.]1 Прекрасно ты, море, когда твою свежесть Я слышу у них на груди н ланитах, И в чёрных, тяжёлых косах...2
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View text without footnotes1 Serov:
Цветы, вы прекрасны в вeнках благовонных На юных шалуньях, далеко, далеко Нам их возвещая приход!2 Rimsky Korsakov adds: "Люблю тебя, месяц,/ Прекрасен ты, воздух,/ Прекрасно ты, море!" (first three words from each stanza).
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Купальщицы", subtitle: "(Мелодия с берегов Ганга)" [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 Sergey Mikhailovich Lyapunov (1859 - 1924), "Мелодия с берегов Ганга", op. 32 no. 3 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908), "Люблю тебя, месяц", op. 41 (Четыре романса (Chetyre romansa)) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (1820 - 1871), "Люблю тебя, мeсяц, когда озаряешь", 1861-1863, published 1885, first performed 1863 [ soli, chorus, and orchestra ], from opera Юдифь, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2023
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
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I love you, Moon, when you illuminate The crowd of beautiful girls Coming home after a night-time swim! You are beautiful, Breeze, wafting from afar A lovely fragrance from their garlands, Announcing to us their arrival. You are beautiful, Sea, when I sense your freshness On their bosoms and cheeks And in their heavy, black braids.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Купальщицы", subtitle: "(Мелодия с берегов Ганга)"
This text was added to the website: 2023-07-21
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