Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд

Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Slyšiš', sani mčatsja v rjad

Language: Russian (Русский) after the English

Our translations: ENG

  Slyšiš', sani mčatsja v rjad,
    Mčatsja v rjad!
  Kolokol'čiki zvenjat,
Serebristym lëgkim zvonom sluch naš sladostno tomjat,
Ėtim pen'em i guden'em o zabven'e govorjat.
  O, kak zvonko, zvonko, zvonko,
  Točno zvučnyj smech rebënka,
  V jasnom vozduche nočnom
  Govorjat oni o tom,
  Čto za dnjami zablužden'ja
  Nastupaet vozrožden'e,
Čto volšebno naslažden'e -- naslažden'e nežnym snom.
  Sani mčatsja, mčatsja v rjad,
  Kolokol'čiki zvenjat,
Zvëzdy slušajut, kak sani, ubegaja, govorjat,
  I, vnimaja im, gorjat,
I mečtaja, i blistaja, v nebe duchami parjat;
  I izmenčivym sijan'em,
  Molčalivym obajan'em,
Vmeste s zvonom, vmeste s pen'em, o zabven'e govorjat.

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Confirmed with К. Д. Бальмонт, Из Мировой Поэзии, Берлин: Изд. Слово, 1921, pages 80-83.

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Text Authorship:

by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola), no. 1 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), no title, appears in The Bells, no. 1
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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 Vladimir Mitrofanovich Ivanov-Korsunsky (1891 - 1942), as Vladimir Mitrofanovich Korsunsky, "Колокольчики и колокола" [sung text not yet checked]
by Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Слышишь, сани мчатся в ряд", op. 35 no. 1, published 1920 [ chorus, soprano, tenor, baritone solo voices, and orchestra ], from Колокола (Kolokola), no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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