by Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873 - 1934)
Translation by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924)
?איך
Language: Hebrew (עברית)
ממְקוֹם שֶׁאַתְּ נִסְתֵּרֶת שָׁם, יחידת חיי וּשְׁכִינָת מאויי הִגְלִי-נָא וּמַהֵרי באי, באי אלֵי מַחְבּוֹאִי וּבְעוֹד יֵשׁ גְאָלָה לִי צְאִי וּגְאָלִי וּמָלְכִי עַל גּוֹרָלִי, וְיוֹם אֶחָד בְּזַלַת נְעוּרַי לִי הָשִׁיבִי וַהֲמִיתִינִי עִם אֲבִיבִי. וְתַחַת שִׂפְתוֹתֵיִךְ יִכְבָה נָא נִיצוֹצִי וּבֵין שָׁדַיִךְ יוֹמִי אוֹצִיא, כגוע בערב הַיּוֹם בֵּין פַּרְחֵי בְשָׂמִים צפּרֶת כְּרָמִים. ?אֵיךְ ואֲנִי עוֹד לֹא יָדַעְתִּי מִי וְמָה אַתְּ וּשְׁמֵךְ עַל שְׂפָתַי רָעד, וּכְרִצְפַת אֵשׁ בַּלֵּילוֹת עַל מִשְׁכָּבִי בעַרְתָּ בִּלְבָבִי; וָאֵבָךְ בִּנְדוּדִי לִיל וָאֶשׂק כָּרִי וּלְזִכְרְךְ כָּלָה בְשָׂרִי; וְכָל הַיּוֹם בִּין אוֹתִיּוֹת הַגְּמָרָא, בקֶרֶן אוֹר, בִּדְמוּת עָב בָרָה בַכָּה מִתְּפִלּוֹתַי וּבִטְהָר הַרְהוּרֵי, בנְעִים הגיוני וּבָגְדָל-יסורי - לֹא בְקְשָׁה נַפְשִׁי כִּי אִם הִגְלוֹתֵךְ רַק אוֹתֵךְ, אוֹתֵךְ, אוֹתֵךְ...
Text Authorship:
- by Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873 - 1934), "?איך " [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 Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn (1883 - 1951), "?איך", op. 23 no. 2 (1917), published 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Три песни гетто (Try pesni getto) = Three Songs of the Ghetto, no. 2, Moscow: Muzsektor Gosizdata, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924) ; composed by Aleksandr Abramovich Kreyn.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-05
Line count: 25
Word count: 103
Gde ty'
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Hebrew (עברית)
Iz mest, gde skry'ta ty', o zhizni svet ediny'j, Moej toski Shexina, Pridi, pridi, kak son neoby'chajny'j, V priyut moj tajny'j; Poka eshhe tebe i mne est` izbavlen`e, Predstan` i daj celen`e, Verni mne yunost`, ryad utrachenny'x videnij, Moj bred vesennij! Moj plamen` pogasi blazhenny'm poceluem! Tvoimi persyami volnuem, Pust` ya, kak moty'lyok, pogasnu v chas zakatny'j Na chashe aromatnoj! No gde ty'? Eshhyo ne znal ya kto ty', chto ty', gde ty', — Mechta tebe nesla obety'; Vo mgle, kak krasny'j ugl`, v chas bden`ya, na posteli, Sny' o tebe goreli; V nochi ry'daya, ya — kusal podushku; telo V predchuvstvii tebya — nemelo; I cely'j den`, — mezh bukvami v Gemare, V prozrachnom oblachke i solnechnom pozhare, V chistejshej iz molitv i v chistote mechtanij, V vostorge dum, v velichii stradanij, Moya dusha vo vsyom vsegda, kak ideala, Tebya, tebya, tebya odnoj iskala.
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Text Authorship:
- by Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov (1873 - 1924) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873 - 1934), "?איך "
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 Abramovich Kreyn (1883 - 1951), "Где ты", op. 23 no. 2 (1915-16), published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Три песни гетто (Try pesni getto) = Three Songs of the Ghetto, no. 2, Moscow: Society of Jewish Music, also set in Hebrew (עברית) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2024-06-01
Line count: 25
Word count: 145