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by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897)
Translation © by Lyle Neff

В темном аде, под землею
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
В темном аде, под [землею],
Тени грешные томятся;
Стонут девы, плачут жены,
И тоскуют, и крушатся...
Всё о том, что не доходят
Вести в адские пределы -2
Есть ли небо голубое?
Есть ли свет ещё там белый?
[И на]3 свете -- церкви божьи
И иконы золотые,
И как прежде, за станками,
Ткут ли девы молодые?

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•   P. Tchaikovsky 

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1 Tchaikovsky: "zemlej"
2 Tchaikovsky adds the line: "Zheny plachut, stonut: "
3 Tchaikovsky: "Jest' li v"

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Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Lyle Neff) , "Neo-Greek Song", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

Neo‑Greek Song
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
In dark hell, under the earth, 
ghosts of sinners are languishing;
maidens are moaning, wives are weeping 
and pining, and are afflicted...
all about the fact that news does not reach 
into the boundaries of hell --
[the wives are weeping, moaning]:  is there a pale-blue sky?
Does the wide world still exist there?
Are there in the world churches of God
and golden icons,
and do young maidens 
weave at looms as before?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2005 by Lyle Neff, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2005-05-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 73