by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850)
Translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873)
Kogda, chto zvali my svoim
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the German (Deutsch)
Kogda, chto zvali my svoim, Navek ot nas ushlo I, kak pod kamnem grobovym, Nam stanet tjazhelo, - Pojdjom i vzgljanem vdol' reki, Tuda, po sklonu vod, Kuda stremglav begut strui, Kuda potok nesjot - Neodolim, neuderzhim, I ne vernjotsja vspjat'... I chjom my doleje gljadim, Tem legche nam dyshat'... I sljozy l'jutsja iz ochej, I vidim my skvoz' sljoz, Kak vsjo bystreje i bystrej Volnen'e poneslos'... Dusha vpadajet v zabyt'jo - I chuvstvujet ona, Chto vot pomchala i jejo Velikaja volna.
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Text Authorship:
- by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873), first published 1858 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Nikolaus Lenau (1802 - 1850), "Blick in den Strom", written 1844, appears in Gedichte, in 6. Sechstes Buch, in Letzte Gedichte, first published 1844
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Aleksandr Borisovich Goldenveizer (1875 - 1961), "Когда что звали мы своим, навек ушло" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Когда, что звали мы своим", op. 61 (Acht Lieder = Восемь песен (Vosem' pesen)) no. 8 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. Weinhold ; composed by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895) , "På floden" ; composed by Adolf Wiklund.
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