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by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Translation Singable translation © by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020)

Посреди небесных тел
Language: Russian (Русский) 
Посреди небесных тел
  Лик луны туманный,
Как он кругл и как он бел,
  Точно блин с сметаной.

Кажду ночь она в лучах
  Путь проходит млечный.
Видно, там, на небесах,
  Масленица вечно!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1840 [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 Vasil'yevich Mosolov (1900 - 1973), "Посреди небесных тел" [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "Луна", op. 159 no. 5 (2008-9) [ voice and violoncello ], from Ot sosny do luny, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov) , "The moon", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 31

The moon
Language: English  after the Russian (Русский) 
The Moon's face pours hazy gleam
In the sky's surround --
Like a pancake with sour cream --
Misty, white and round.

Every night it passes by
Through the Milky Way,
Sure is endless in the sky --
Holy Pancake Day!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (1948 - 2020), "The moon", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Russian (Русский) by Mikhail Yur'yevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841), no title, written 1840
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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):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 38

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