Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой

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

Sly'shish` k svad`be zov svyatoj

Language: Russian (Русский) after the English

Our translations: ENG

    Sly'shish` k svad`be zov svyatoj,
      Zolotoj!
Skol`ko nezhnogo blazhenstva v e`toj pesne molodoj!
    Skvoz` spokojny'j vozdux nochi
    Slovno smotryat ch`i-to ochi
      I blestyat,
Iz volny' pevuchix zvukov na lunu oni glyadyat,
    Iz prizy'vny'x divny'x kelij,
    Polny' skazochny'x veselij,
Narastaya, upadaya, bry'zgi svetly'e letyat.
    Vnov` potuxnut, vnov` blestyat
    I ronyayut svetly'j vzglyad
Na gryadushhee, gde dremlet bezmyatezhnost` nezhny'x snov,
Vozveshhaemy'x soglas`em zoloty'x kolokolov.

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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. 2 [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. 2
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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 Sergei Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943), "Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой", op. 35 no. 2, published 1920 [ chorus, soprano, tenor, baritone solo voices, and orchestra ], from Колокола (Kolokola), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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