Давно ль под волшебные звуки Носились по зале мы с ней? Теплы были нежные руки, [Теплы]1 были звёзды очей. Вчера пели песнь погребенья, Без крыши гробница была; Закрывши глаза, без движенья, Она под парчою спала. Я спал... над постелью моею Стояла луна мертвецом. Под чудные звуки мы с нею Носились по зале вдвоём.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Arensky, Medtner: "Светлы"
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Давно ль под волшебные звуки" [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 Anton Stepanovich Arensky (1861 - 1906), "Давно ль под волшебные звуки", op. 49 (Пять романсов (Pjat' romansov) = Five romances) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Валсь", op. 37 (Пять стихотворений (Pjat' stikhotvorenij)) no. 4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kristian Genrikh Paufler , "Давно ль под волшебные звуки" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aleksandr Yegorovich Varlamov (1801 - 1848), "Давно ль под волшебные звуки" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov (1872 - 1964), "Давно ль", op. 34 no. 5, published 1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Was it not recently that with magic sounds", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Maria Louise Baum)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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But lately in dance I embraced her While music's fond spell wrapp'd us 'round I felt the sweet warmth of her fingers Her heart in her dear eyes I found Now, flowing with pallid white satin Her form in its casket lies fair Sweet eyes of the dead, seal'd and smiling Stir not to make the music's low pray'r I slept, and the moon to my pillow Her ghostly way silently found We sway'd in the dance together While music's fond spell wrapp'd us 'round.
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From an Arensky score in English and German (Schirmer, 1907).
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Maria Louise Baum (1867 - 1941) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet (1820 - 1892), "Давно ль под волшебные звуки"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-02-03
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Word count: 85