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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)
Translation © by Tom Kennedy

Я помню чудное мгновенье
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Я помню чудное мгновенье:
Передо мной явилась ты,
Как мимолётное, виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.

В [томленьях]1 грусти безнадежной,
В тревогах шумной суеты,
Звучал мне долго голос нежной,
И снились милые черты.

Шли годы. Бурь порыв мятежный
[Рассеял]2 прежние мечты,
И я забыл твой голос нежный,
Твои небесные черты.

В глуши, во мраке заточенья
Тянулись тихо дни мои;
Без Божества, без вдохновенья,
Без слёз, без жизни, без любви.

Душе настало пробушденье:
И вот опять явилась ты,
Как мимолётное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты.

И сердце бьётся в [упоенье]3,
И для него воскресил вновь
И божество, и вдохновенье,
И жизнь, и слёзы, и любовь.

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•   A. Aliabev •   M. Glinka •   N. Titov 

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1 Glinka: "томленьи" ("tomlen'ji")
2 Aliabev: "Развеял" ("Razvejal")
3 Aliabev, Titov: "упоеньи" ("upojen'ji")

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Text Authorship:

  • by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "К ***", 1825, first published 1827 [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 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Aliabev (1787 - 1851), "Элегия", published 1832 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Я помню чудное мгновенье", 2001 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Samuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (1890 - 1962), "Я помню чудное мгновенье", op. 26 (Восемь романсов на слова А. Пушкина (Vosem' romansov na slova A. Pushkina) = Eight romances on words by A. Pushkin) no. 6 (1935-36), published 1937 [ voice and piano ], Moscow: Muzgiz [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804 - 1857), "Я помню чудное мгновенье", 1840 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Melgunov (1804 - 1867), "Я помню чудное мгновенье", published 1832 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Nikolai Sergeyevich Titov (1798 - 1843), "Я помню чудное мгновенье", 1829, published 1829 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Antanas Baranauskas (1835 - 1902) ; composed by Ignazy Komorowski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Tom Kennedy) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Martha Gilbert Dickinson Bianchi) , "The vision", appears in Russian Lyrics, first published 1916


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107

I remember that magical moment
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
I remember that magical moment
When before me you appeared
Like a fleeting vision,
Like a spirit beautiful and pure 

In the languorous melancholy of despair
In the anxious noisy bustle
For a while, your voice stayed with me
Your dear features filled my dreams 

Years passed. The restless impulse of storms
Scattered the dreams of the past
And I forgot your tender voice
Your heavenly features 

In the wilderness, in the gloom of  captivity
My silent days stretched out
Without God, without inspiration
Without tears, without life or love 

To my soul an awakening;
Once again you appeared
Like a fleeting vision,
Like a spirit beautiful and pure
 
My heart beat in ecstasy
And in it is resurrected
Both God and inspiration,
Life, tears and love.

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  • Translation from Russian (Русский) to English copyright © 2009 by Tom Kennedy, (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 Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "К ***", 1825, first published 1827
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This text was added to the website: 2009-04-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 127

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