by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941)
Tonight I Am Alone
Language: Russian (Русский)
Segodnja noch'ju ja odna v nochí — Bessonnaja, bezdomnaja chernica! — Segodnja noch'ju u menja kljuchi Ot vsekh dverej jedinstvennoj stolicy! Bessonnica menja tolknula v put'. — O kak zhe ty prekrasen, tusklyj Kreml' moj! — Segodnja noch'ju ja celuju v grud' Vsju krugluju vojujushchuju zemlju! Vzdymajutsja ne volosy — a mekh, I dushnyj veter prjamo v dushu dujet. Segodnja noch'ju ja zhaleju vsekh — Kogo zhalejut i kogo celujut!
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Text Authorship:
- by Marina Ivanovna Tsvetaeva (1892 - 1941), written 1916 [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 Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949), "Tonight I Am Alone", 1987 [ soprano, string orchestra ], from Five Russian Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-08
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Word count: 70