Winter | A blanket of snow covers the land in winter

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by B. Larin

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Зимой

Language: Russian (Русский) after the French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Снежным покровом 
одета природа зимой.
Где шум листвы?
Где весны веселые дни?

Холодно, жутко 
глядит окрестная даль,
Сжимает сердце печаль
И холод, холод разлуки с тобой!

Сквозь ветви я 
вижу-вдали дорогает заря;
Хочется верить, что я 
вновь увижу тебя...

Где счастья дни?
Где радость встречи с тобой?
Изчезло всё навсегда...
На сердце, на сердце как будто зима!

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Text Authorship:

by B. Larin [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1874, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 8, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Зимой", op. 53a no. 4 (c1920), published 1968 [ voice and piano ], from Четыре провансальские песни = Four Songs from Provence, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Fritz Koegel , "Winter" ; composed by Rudolf Mengelberg, Richard Trunk.

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ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Winter", copyright © 2004

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 57

Winter

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

A blanket of snow covers the land in winter.
Where is the sound of leaves?
Where are the happy days of Spring?
Coldly, terribly yawns the distance between us,
making my heart shrink in pain -
my separation from you is an icy chill.
I see through the branches a new dawn glowing;
and I want to believe that I will see you again. 
Where are those happy days?
Where is the joy of meeting with you?
Those days have disappeared forever...
in my heart, in my heart it is like winter.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2004 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by B. Larin [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, written 1874, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 8, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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This text was added to the website: 2004-06-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 91