by Edouard Turquety (1807 - 1867)
Translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883)
L'ombre et le jour
Language: French (Français)
Vois-tu la nuit qui se retire,
Vois-tu l'Orient qui se teint ?
Pleurs et sourire,
C'est le matin.
C'est d'un coté la brume épaisse,
De l'autre une blanche lueur ;
C'est la tristesse
Près du bonheur.
De notre union douce et sombre
Voilà l'image, ô mon amour !
Moi je suis l'ombre,
Et toi le jour.
Text Authorship:
- by Edouard Turquety (1807 - 1867), "L'ombre et le jour" [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 Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "L'ombre et le jour", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , "Licht und Schatten" and by Heinrich Leuthold (1827 - 1879) , "Licht und Schatten" ; composed by Ludwig Keller.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818 - 1883) ; composed by Pauline Viardot-García.
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This text was added to the website: 2006-12-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
Ночь и день
Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)
Уже бегут ночные грезы. Денница в небе уж зажглась. Улыбка... Слезы... То утра час! Близка лучей веселых сладость! Но тень не вся еще сошла... Здесь свет и радость. Там грусть и мгла! Связь между нами вспоминая, Твержу я тронутой душой: Я тень ночная! Ты луч денной!
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Edouard Turquety (1807 - 1867), "L'ombre et le jour"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Pauline Viardot-García (1821 - 1910), "Ночь и день", also set in French (Français) [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 46