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by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Slyshish', vojushchij nabat
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Our translations:  ENG
    Slyshish', vojushchij nabat,
    Tochno stonet mednyj ad!
`Eti zvuki, v dikoj muke, skazku uzhasov tverdjat.
    Tochno moljat im pomoch',
    Krik kidajut prjamo v noch',
    Prjamo v ushi tjomnoj nochi
      Kazhdyj zvuk,
    To dlinneje, to koroche,
    Vyklikajet svoj ispug, -
    I ispug ikh tak velik,
    Tak bezumen kazhdyj krik,
Chto razorvannye zvony, nesposobnye zvuchat',
Mogut tol'ko bit'sja, vit'sja i krichat', krichat', krichat'!
    Tol'ko plakat' o poshchade
    I k pylajushchej gromade
    Vopli skorbi obrashchat'!
    A mezh tem ogon' bezumnyj,
    I glukhoj i mnogoshumnyj,
      Vsjo gorit,
    To iz okon, to po kryshe,
    Mchitsja vyshe, vyshe, vyshe,
    I kak budto govorit: --
      Ja khochu
Vyshe mchat'sja, razgorat'sja, vstrechu lunnomu luchu,
Il' umru, il' totchas -- totchas vplot' do mesjaca vzlechu!
    O, nabat, nabat, nabat,
    Jesli b ty vernul nazad
`Etot uzhas, `eto plamja, `etu iskru, `etot vzgljad,
    `Etot pervyj vzgljad ognja,
O kotorom ty veshchajesh', s plachem, s voplem i zvenja!
    A teper' nam net spasen'ja,
    Vsjudu plamja i kipen'e,
    Vsjudu strakh i vozmushchen'e!
      Tvoj prizyv,
    Dikikh zvukov nesoglasnost'
    Vozveshchajet nam opasnost', -
To rastjot beda glukhaja, to spadajet, kak priliv!
Slukh nash chutko lovit volny v peremene zvukovoj,
Vnov' spadajet, vnov' rydajet medno-stonushchij 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
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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, 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
Line count: 39
Word count: 188

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