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Спи, дитя моё, [усни]1! Сладкий сон к себе мани: В няньки я тебе взяла Ветер, солнце и орла. Улетел орёл домой; Солнце скрылось под водой: Ветер, после трех ночей, Мчится к матери своей. [Ветра спрашивает]2 мать: «Где изволил пропадать? Али звезды воевал? Али волны всё гонял?» «Не гонял я волн морских, Звезд не трогал золотых; Я дитя оберегал, Колыбелочку качал!» Спи, дитя моё, спи, усни! спи, усни! Сладкий сон к себе мани: В няньки я тебе взяла Ветер, солнце и орла.
1 Tchaikovsky: "спи, усни! Спи, усни!" ("spi, usni! Spi, usni!")
2 Tchaikovsky: "Спрашивала ветра" ("Sprashivala vetra")
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Колыбельная песня", written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Nikolay Yakovlevich Afanasyev (1821 - 1898), "Колыбельная песня" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fyodor Stepanovich Akimenko (1876 - 1945), "Колыбельная песня", op. 1 (4 Romansa s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano (4 Романса с сопровождением фортепиано) = Vier Romanzen für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 3, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), "Колыбельная песня", op. 16 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 1 (1872) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Sonja Van Lier) , "Wiegenlied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) (Peter Grunberg) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bruno Tutenberg) , "Wiegenlied"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 81
Sleep, my baby, sleep, fall asleep, sleep, fall asleep! Beckon sweet dreams to yourself: I've hired as nannies for you The Wind, the Sun and the Eagle. The Eagle has flown back home, The Sun has hidden under the waters, And three nights later The Wind is rushing away to her Mother. The Wind's mother has been asking: "Where have you been for so long? Have you been fighting the stars? Have you been chasing the waves?" "I haven't been chasing the sea-waves, I haven't been touching the golden stars, I have been guarding a baby And rocking gently his little cradle". Sleep, my baby, sleep, fall asleep, sleep, fall asleep! Beckon sweet dreams to yourself: I've hired as nannies for you The Wind, the Sun and the Eagle.
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Based on:
- a text in Russian (Русский) by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897), "Колыбельная песня", written 1860, appears in Новогреческие песни (Novogrecheskije pesni), no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 129