La ville dort, voilée dans le brume

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by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Город спит, окутан мглою

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: CHI ENG ENG FRE

Город спит, окутан мглою,
Чуть мерцают фонари...
Там далёко, за Невою,
Вижу отблески зари.
В этом дальнем отраженьи,
В этих отблесках огня
Притаилось пробужденье
Дней, тоскливых для меня...

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 24 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Город спит", op. 127 no. 4 [ soprano, cello, and piano ], from Семь Стихотворений А. Блока: вокально-инструментальная сюита = Sem' stikhotvorenij A. Bloka, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (David Angell) , copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anne Evans) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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La ville dort, voilée dans le brume

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

La ville dort, voilée dans le brume,
les lampadaires scintillent faiblement ...
Au loin, au-delà de la Néva,
Je vois le rougeoiement de l'aube.
Dans ce reflet éloigné,
Dans ces lueurs de flamme
Se cache le réveil
De jours tristes qui m'attendent...

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Translation of title "Город спит" = "La ville dort"

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Translation from Russian (Русский) to French (Français) copyright © 2008 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok (1880 - 1921), no title, written 1899, appears in Стихотворения. Книга первая (1898—1904), in 1. Ante Lucem (1898 - 1900), no. 24
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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-18
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