Morning | I love you!" Daybreak whispered to day

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by M. L. Yanov

Translation © by Anton Bespalov, Rianne Stam

Утро

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG ENG FRE

«Люблю тебя!» -- шепнула дню заря
И, небо обхватив, зарделась от признанья,
И солнца луч, природу озаря,
С улыбкой посылал ей жгучие лобзанья.

А день, как бы ещё не доверяя,
Осуществлению своих заветных грёз,
Спускался на землю, с улыбкой утирая
Блестевшие вокруг ряды алмазных слёз...

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Text Authorship:

by M. L. Yanov [author's text not yet checked 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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Утро", op. 4 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs) ) no. 2 (1890-3) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Anton Bespalov) (Rianne Stam) , "Morning", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Jacob Wilde) , "Morning", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Matin", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Morning

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

"I love you!"  Daybreak whispered to day
and, while enfolding the skies, blushed from that confession,
and a sunbeam, illuminating nature,
with a smile sent her a burning kiss.
 
And the day, as if still doubting
the fulfillment of his most cherished dreams,
descended over the land, and with a smile dried
her glittering tears like rows of diamonds.

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a text in Russian (Русский) by M. L. Yanov
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 59