Listen to the golden wedding bell's holy call

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by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942)

Translation © by Ahmed E. Ismail

Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой

Language: Russian (Русский) after the English

Our translations: ENG

    Слышишь к свадьбе зов святой,
      Золотой!
Сколько нежного блаженства в этой песне молодой!
    Сквозь спокойный воздух ночи
    Словно смотрят чьи-то очи
      И блестят,
Из волны певучих звуков на луну они глядят,
    Из призывных дивных келий,
    Полны сказочных веселий,
Нарастая, упадая, брызги светлые летят.
    Вновь потухнут, вновь блестят
    И роняют светлый взгляд
На грядущее, где дремлет безмятежность нежных снов,
Возвещаемых согласьем золотых колоколов.

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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]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 62

Listen to the golden wedding bell's holy...

Language: English after the Russian (Русский)

Listen to the golden wedding bell's holy call,

What tender bliss is in that youthful song!
Through the calm night air
They appear like someone's eyes
Gleaming,
And through surging waves of melodious notes, gazing at the moon.
From open, inviting belfries
Of enchanting delight,
Rising, falling, soar sparks of light,
Once more dim, once more gleaming,
They cast a brilliant light
Upon future ages where tender dreams slumber in peaceful sleep,
Announced by the golden harmony of golden bells.

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Based on:

a text in Russian (Русский) by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942), no title, appears in Колокольчики и колокола (Kolokol'chiki i kolokola), no. 2 [an adaptation]
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in English by Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), no title, appears in The Bells, no. 2
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2007-12-14
Line count: 13
Word count: 80