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by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941)

Juzhnaja noch'
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Our translations:  CHI
O, noch' poludennogo kraja,
Polna ty moshchnoj krasotoj,
Po nebu tikho proletaja
Nad ocharovannoj zemlej.
Gorja, kak zhemchugom, zvezdami,
Ty aromatom oblita,
Prozrachno-sinimi tenjami
Ty, slovno dymkoj, obvita;
I, kak nad zerkalom, sklonjajas'
Nad glad'ju morja goluboj,
Zaljubovalas' ty soboj,
Narjadom pyshnym oblekajas'...
Skazhi, boginja, dlja kogo
Ty v rizy brachnye odeta?
Ty zhdesh' li druga svojego
Porfironosnogo rassveta,
Chtob, polon derzostnykh nadezhd,
On, kak drozhashchimi ustami,
Tvoikh lazurevykh odezhd
Kosnulsja alymi luchami;
Chtob luchezarnyj, junyj bog
S tebja pokrov sorval, likuja,
I telo smugloje zazheg
Moguchim znojem poceluja;
Chtob vsja bledneja, vsja drozha,
Ty otdalas' jemu mjatezhno,
Kak veshnij cvet fialki nezhnoj,
Blagoukhanna i svezha;
Chtob ty s ulybkoj tikho taja
Pod laskoj utra i tepla,
O noch', vakkhanka molodaja,
V ob"jat'jakh solnca umerla!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky (1865 - 1941), "Южная ночь", written 1884 [author's text not yet checked 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 Aleksey Avgustovich Davidov (1867 - 1940), "Южная ночь" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1829 - 1894), "Южная ночь", 1891, published 1891 [ voice and fortepiano ], from Shest' Stikhotvoreny, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "南国之夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-23
Line count: 32
Word count: 125

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