by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)
Sly'shish`, voyushhij nabat
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English
Our translations: ENG
Sly'shish`, voyushhij nabat,
Tochno stonet medny'j ad!
E`ti zvuki, v dikoj muke, skazku uzhasov tverdyat.
Tochno molyat im pomoch`,
Krik kidayut pryamo v noch`,
Pryamo v ushi tyomnoj nochi
Kazhdy'j zvuk,
To dlinnee, to koroche,
Vy'klikaet svoj ispug, -
I ispug ix tak velik,
Tak bezumen kazhdy'j krik,
Chto razorvanny'e zvony', nesposobny'e zvuchat`,
Mogut tol`ko bit`sya, vit`sya i krichat`, krichat`, krichat`!
Tol`ko plakat` o poshhade
I k py'layushhej gromade
Vopli skorbi obrashhat`!
A mezh tem ogon` bezumny'j,
I gluxoj i mnogoshumny'j,
Vsyo gorit,
To iz okon, to po kry'she,
Mchitsya vy'she, vy'she, vy'she,
I kak budto govorit: --
YA xochu
Vy'she mchat`sya, razgorat`sya, vstrechu lunnomu luchu,
Il` umru, il` totchas -- totchas vplot` do mesyacza vzlechu!
O, nabat, nabat, nabat,
Esli b ty' vernul nazad
E`tot uzhas, e`to plamya, e`tu iskru, e`tot vzglyad,
E`tot pervy'j vzglyad ognya,
O kotorom ty' veshhaesh`, s plachem, s voplem i zvenya!
A teper` nam net spasen`ya,
Vsyudu plamya i kipen`e,
Vsyudu strax i vozmushhen`e!
Tvoj prizy'v,
Dikix zvukov nesoglasnost`
Vozveshhaet nam opasnost`, -
To rastyot beda gluxaya, to spadaet, kak priliv!
Slux nash chutko lovit volny' v peremene zvukovoj,
Vnov` spadaet, vnov` ry'daet medno-stonushhij priboj!
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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. 3 [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. 3
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, воющий набат", op. 35 no. 3, published 1920 [ chorus, soprano, tenor, baritone solo voices, and orchestra ], from Колокола (Kolokola), no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-14
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