I wait for you | I wait for you! The sun has set

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by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (b. 1863)

Translation © by Ruslan Sviridov

Я жду тебя

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: ENG

Я жду тебя! Закат угас, 
И ночи тёмные покровы
Спуститься на землю готовы 
И спрятать нас.

Я жду тебя! Душистой мглой 
Ночь напоила мир уснувший,
И разлучился день минувший
На век с землей.

Я жду тебя! Терзаясь и любя,
Считаю каждыя мгновенья,
Полна тоски и нетерпенья.
Я жду тебя!

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Text Authorship:

by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (b. 1863), written 1893 [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 Dimitri Ignatevich Arakishvili (b. 1953), "Я жду тебя", published <<1972 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Я жду тебя", 1893 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Я жду тебя", op. 14 (Двенадцать романсов = Dvenadcat' romansov (Twelve songs)) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Vasily Georgyevich Vrangel (1862 - 1901), "Я жду тебя", op. 37 no. 5, published 1899 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Ю. Г. Циммерман (J. G. Zimmermann) [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Ruslan Sviridov) , "I wait for you", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 49

I wait for you

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

I wait for you! The sun has set
night's dark covers
are ready to descend
and hide us.

I wait for you! With a fragrant mist,
night suffused the sleeping world
and the past day has bid
farewell to earth.

I wait for you! Tormented and in love,
I am counting each moment.
Full of anguish and impatience
I wait for you!

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a text in Russian (Русский) by Maria Avgustovna Davidova (b. 1863), written 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
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Word count: 62