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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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View original text (without footnotes)1 Glinka: "tomlen'ji"
2 Aliabev: "Razvejal"
3 Aliabev, Titov: "upojen'ji"
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- 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 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]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- 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
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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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- a text in Russian (Русский) by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "К ***", 1825, first published 1827
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-28
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Word count: 127