by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Au
Language: Russian (Русский)
Tvoj nezhny'j smex by'l skazkoyu izmenchivoyu, On zval kak v son zovyot svirel`ny'j zvon. I vot venkom, stixom tebya uvenchivayu. Ujdyom, bezhim vdvoem na gorny'j sklon. No gde zhe ty'? Lish` zvon vershin pozvanivaet Czvetku czvetok sred` dnya zazheg svechu. I chej-to smex vse v glub` menya zamanivaet. Poyu, ishhu, Au! Au! krichu.
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Text Authorship:
- by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), written 1909, first published 1909 [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), "Ау", op. 38 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six songs)) no. 6 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "A-oo!", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Hou ! hou !", copyright © 2012, (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.
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Word count: 53