Whether day dawns | Whether day dawns or in the stillness of night

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by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893)

Translation © by Grant A. Lewis

День ли царит, тишина ли ночная

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG FRE

День ли царит, тишина ли ночная,
В снах ли [тревожных]¹, в житейской борьбе,
Всюду со мной, мою жизнь наполняя,
Дума все та же, одна роковая,
        Всё о тебе!

С нею не страшен мне призрак былого,
Сердце воспрянуло снова любя...
Вера, мечты, вдохновенное слово,
Всё, что в душе дорогого, святого,
        Всё от тебя!

Будут ли дни мои ясны, унылы,
Скоро ли сгину я, жизнь загубя!
Знаю одно, что до самой могилы
Помыслы, чувства, и песни, и силы,
        Всё для тебя!

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, first published 1880 [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 Georgy Petrovich Bazilevsky (b. 1887), "День ли царит", op. 18, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Gutheil [sung text not yet checked]
by A. N. Benua , "День ли царит" [sung text not yet checked]
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "День ли царит", op. 47 (Семь романсов = Sem' romansov (Seven romances)) no. 6 (1880) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Grant A. Lewis) , "Whether day dawns", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Que le jour règne", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Whether day dawns

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Whether day dawns or in the stillness of night,
Whether in a dream or awake,
Everywhere I go, I am filled entirely
With one thought alone:
Only of you!

Gone are the griefs that have tortured me,
Love alone reigns supreme within my heart...
Courage, hope, and eternal devotion,
All that is good, united in my soul,
All that my soul holds dear or sacred,
It is all because of you!

Whether the rest of my days pass in joy or in sadness,
Whether my life ends soon or late,
I know that, though death overtake me,
All my hope, feeling, song, and strength,
All, all, all are for you!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksei Nikolayevich Apukhtin (1841 - 1893), no title, first published 1880
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 110