Translation by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
Sinij cvet
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Georgian (Kartuli)
Cvet nebesnyj, sinij cvet Poljubil ja s malykh let. V detstve on mne oznachal Sinevu inykh nachal. I teper', kogda dostig Ja vershiny dnej svoikh, V zhertvu ostal'nym cvetam Golubogo ne otdam On prekrasen bez prikras - `Eto cvet ljubimykh glaz, `Eto vzgljad bezdonnyj tvoj, Opaljonnyj sinevoj, `Eto cvet mojej mechty, `Eto kraska vysoty. V `etot goluboj rastvor Pogruzhjon zemnoj prostor `Eto ljogkij perekhod V neizvestnost' ot zabot I ot plachushchikh rodnykh Na pokhoronakh tvoikh. `Eto sinij negustoj Inej nad mojej plitoj, `Eto sizyj zimnij dym Mgly nad imenem moim. Cvet nebesnyj, sinij cvet Poljubil ja s malykh let. V detstve on mne oznachal Sinevu inykh nachal. I teper', kogda dostig Ja vershiny dnej svoikh, V zhertvu ostal'nym cvetam Golubogo ne otdam.
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Text Authorship:
- by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960), "Синий цвет" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Georgian (Kartuli) by Nikoloz Baratashvili [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anatoly Nikolayevich Aleksandrov (1888 - 1982), "Синий цвет", op. 69 no. 1, published 1970 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bender (b. 1919) ; composed by Helmut Sadler.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-07
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Word count: 121